The Sunday Times - Sri Lanka

Front Page News
* Probe on Gen. Ratwatte's air mishap:Pilot blamed for force-landing * Troops consolidate paranthan positions * Paranthan death toll increases * South Africa flights cut down to one * Engine fire forces Gulf landing * Senior Brigadier arrested with timber haul * Judges complain over long-delayed promotions * Lending rates drop : CB reduces reserve ratio

News/Comment
* Bahrain's PM on visit here * Black protest * Budget pay hike: Treasury not ready * Burnt body found in thicket * Two Lankans given a rough passage in India * Doctora-administrators will remain, GMOA adamant * "I am writing from the streets" * Main parties urged to compromise * Madawala's funeral * Mid-sea madness * Local polls before the new year * President should have consulted me - Chief Minister * Prison officers killed my son, says Rohitha's mother * Walk for rights * Editor's defence shot down * Reconciliation with Fr. Bala possible - Bishop * Whatever his tomorrow's hold... * Devolution package and non-binding referendum: outdoing Jayewardene * The lost sheep of the Catholic Church * Hebron for peace or the killing fields?

Business News
*CES planning amendments to Takeovers Code * Unhealthy Move * Takeovers Code needs flexibility, says SEC Chief * Foreign loans for non -BOI exporters * CSM to see influx of foreign funds * Promoting investment is everybody's business * New rural bank on the card * Sarong makers stripped * Radley steers Seylan Bank

Plus
* This Master's Voice * Excommunication under siege * Mary,mystic rose or revolutionary? : serialisation of Fr. Tissa Balasuriya's book * Now it's Bollywood invasion * A month of Compassion * Freddie's fries: How Freddie Silva makes ends meet today * Feeling the byte: rip-offs in the local computer industry? * The absent writers: book review * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sports News
* Madugalle in panel to investigate "chucking" * Quickfire Century by Indika Mel * Four wickets win for Kalutara * Mercantile Ronak Trophy netball starts today * Trials to pick team for Asian NB c'ships * Panadura SC on top against Galle CC * Peter Smith at the Hilton * Robbialac Colours Nite to be held on April 6 * Schools Cricket * Two cueists for Asian Snooker * Lankan in ex co of Asian Sports Medicine Federation * SSC, Tamils win handsomely * Wright moves on to higher fields * Duncan White Foundation Tech. Committee meets * Six wickets win for Sumangala

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