Front Page News * Thonda slams Ratnasiri
as estate crisis widens * Troops reach watershed in northern battle * BASL
takes up judges issue * Saudis say no to Ashraff * Srimani to boycott PA on
May Day
News/Comment * Docs. report sick: Govt.
hospitals crippled * May Day cry of distress from July strikers * Turning
point in astronomy, in Sri Lanka * LTTE proxies in Tamil Nadu unleash terror *
The people smugglers * Gang clashes threaten Canada's Tamils
Business News *Air traffic boom in Asia *
Brighter side of recent power cuts * Ceylinco Shriram tie-up launches new
financial product * Praise has its drawbacks * Foreign funds on reverse gear *
No marine-cover raise says Insurance * Are strike issues labour related or
political? * Solar power heats market * Business caught in traffic jam * Vanik
debenture issue receives `quite satisfactory' response * MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Plus * Uncle Sam's batting * May Day
memories * Millions before God at Hajj * Living on the edge: Sinhala life in the
border vilages * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
