Veteran actor Joe Abeywickreme was awarded a cheque for Rs. 1 million and a double cab worth Rs. 1 million at a felicitation ceremony held in his honour at the BMICH, Colombo on Sunday. Here Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who was the chief guest hands over the documents pertaining to the double cab to Abeywickreme as Samurdhi, Agriculture and Livestock Minister and chairman Organising Committee S.B. Dissanayake looks on. Picture by Roland Perera

Fourth round in Thailand from January 6-9 : Government to propose new Constitution

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The Government proposes to enact a new constitution without going for piecemeal amendments to the existing one which will be operational within a federal structure, Cabinet spokesman, Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris told the weekly cabinet news conference yesterday.
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Indian Foreign Secretary calls on Tyronne : Future deals with LTTE will not affect India

Any future settlement or agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam will not in anyway affect the interest of India, Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando assured visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal yesterday.
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Bukit Dhara boosts Colombo bourse

The Colombo Stock Exchange turnover shot up to Rs. 118.1 million yesterday from Rs. 20 million on Friday, largely attributable to the sale of 67,000 shares of Bukit Dhara Sdn Bhd of Malaysia at a floor price of Rs. 901. The transaction yielded Rs. 61 million, accounting for 51 per cent of the sales yesterday.
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