‘Record’ New Year card under President’s scrutiny : World’s largest New Year greeting card, created by prison inmates, was handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Friday. The greeting card created by 15 inmates of the Welikada Prison, is considered to be the largest greeting card prepared by prison inmates in the world. Picture by Nalin Hewapathirana

SL maintains positive economic growth - Governor

Earnings through exports to increase:

Investments to further grow:

The Central Bank yesterday reaffirmed that Sri Lanka’s financial systems would remain stable and resilient, despite Fitch Ratings in a recent report including Sri Lanka in a high risk category. Sri Lanka was listed by Fitch Ratings as among a group of high-risk financial systems in Asia, which also include India and China, in a report released last week.

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Flood-affected rises

The number of families affected by heavy rain and floods have increased, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. The number of families have increased by around 126 and the number of affected persons have increased by around 60. A total of 35,833 persons belonging to 9,686 families have been affected by rain and floods during the past few days, the DMC said.

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SriLankan to recommence flights to Zurich

SriLankan Airlines has taken measures to recommence operations to Zurich, Switzerland in line with the continuous expansion of its global route network, sources said. Zurich will be the 60th destination in SriLankan’s global route network. The airline has launched services to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kochi and Moscow during the last 11 months.

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Reforestation in 2,000 hectares

The Forest Conservation Department (FCD) has carried out reforestation in about 2,000 hectares of forest land during 2011, FCD Conservator General H M Hitisekara told the Daily News.He said that special attention was given to reforestation in hill tops. Accordingly, 386 hectares of forest cover had been replanted in hill tops during this year.

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