Under PM’s scrutiny : Inspects : Prime Minister D M Jayaratne unveiled a war heroes statue at Gampola Wickramabahu Maha Vidyalaya on Friday. Here the Prime Minister inspects the school’s Cadet Platoon parade after unveiling the statue. Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake is also present.

Fiscal discipline essential - IMF

Budget moving in the right direction:

A Sri Lankan policy agenda that takes into account new global developments would include continued fiscal discipline, financial market development and national consensus, International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia Pacific Department Anoop Singh said.

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Landslides man-made

Cause: Haphazard steepening of slopes for constructions :

NBRO to issue new guidelines:

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) investigations on recent landslides have revealed that 90 percent of the reported cases have been activated due to man-made causes. Haphazard steepening of slopes for housing and other construction have been identified as the cause for a majority of the slides.

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Mumps vaccine in NIP from mid-2011

The mumps vaccine will be included into the National Immunization Program (NIP) from mid 2011, said Health Ministry Consultant Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Peiris. He was addressing a public seminar on Vaccines at the Public Library Auditorium yesterday.

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Brothers remanded in swindle case

Police search for Romanian couple:

Two brothers suspected to have swindle over Rs two million using false credit cards were remanded by Mount Lavinia Chief Magistrate Nirosha Fernando until February 12. The two brothers who had been employed in Italy had become friendly with a Romanian couple. After returning to Sri Lanka with the couple, the two had withdrawn money from locals’ and foreigners’ accounts. Investigations are on to arrest the Romanian couple, who are missing. The two brothers were taken into custody by the Colombo Criminal Investigations Department at Galle on January 2.

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