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President’s Square plan suspended
 

A multi-million-rupee project to set up a President’s Square in Fort has been suspended on a directive from President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Urban Development Authority (UDA) which had begun acquiring buildings in the vicinity of the President’s House has been directed to suspend the project, Urban Development Ministry Secretary Anila Amaratunga told The Sunday Times.

 

Power project: India backs out of Sampur

Amidst protests by the LTTE and the TNA, the Indian government has rejected the controversial Sampur area as the possible site for the construction of a 500-MW coal-fired thermal power project.

 
APRC document out early January

Minister and All-Party Representatives Committee chairman Tissa Vitarana said a document which took into consideration the views expressed by experts’ panel members and APRC deliberations in the past five months will be presented to the committee in early January.

 

30 dead in clash in east

Cadres of the LTTE and the break away Karuna faction fought one of their biggest battles in the East yesterday, leaving at least 30 dead, according to army intelligence reports.

 
 

Germany takes over EU, trouble for Lanka

Saddam execution: No Govt. comment
 
Farah III: Tigers want direct deal with Jordan
 
Ambalangoda tsunami victims still adrift
Yard nabs suspected Tigers for alleged extortion
 
Kalpitiya residents protest coal power plant
TNA wants Indian PM to prod SL Govt.
 
Bishop to launch peace move
   
Housemaids: FEB skirts its own rule
   
‘There was a bang and we were dragged several feet’
   
Deadly game of abductions continues
   
Where’s justice, asks Rukshika’s family
   
We will never hear her voice
   
What a crime! - Flashback 2006
   
Bidding goodbye to another year of broken promises - Flashback 2006
   
HORROR AT BATTICALOA
   
Mixed reactions to new one-way traffic system
   
Public talks as problem solver - Comment
   

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