The French warship Marne paid a courtesy call at the Colombo Port yesterday. The ship is 158 metres long and 22 metres wide with a displacement of over 18,000 tonnes. The ship had earlier called at Colombo and Male in January this year.  Picture by Samantha Weerasiri.

Major breakthrough in Asthma control

by Sandasen Marasinghe

A Sri Lankan doctor has introduced a generic drug for asthma that could potentially save millions of rupees per month in foreign exchange while drastically slashing the medical bills of local patients.
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President decides on one last chance

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga told a group of professionals, academics and intellectuals who met at the President's House on Thursday that she decided to try one last chance to bring the country back to decency.
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• USAID funds development projects in Puttalam

• New Chief of Staff

• Bandula Jayawardena dies

• Treasury withholds Rs.65.1m due to RVSA: Clarification

• Children of World call for UN reforms

• Japan keeps Lanka aid pledge

• Drugs and crime intricately linked - Dr. P.R. Anthonis

• International award for Sri Lankan

• Social security fund for dairy farmers

• Films to celebrate 50 years of German-Lankan ties

• Request to amend circular to benefit pensioners

• Record income for CCF last month

• Synopsis of symposium

• Fifteenth annual PGIA Congress gets under way

• Creative skills on show

• Japanese delegation here today

• Registrations from Nov. 01 to December 31, SLBFE Airport branch targets record income Rs. 25 m

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