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		<title>First weekly fair at Minuwangoda declared open</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has taken steps to introduce the Divi Neguma Sathi Pola programme for modernising the main weekly fairs throughout the country to meet consumer requirements, since 80 percent of Sri Lanka’s population live in rural and the plantation areas, &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/first-weekly-fair-at-minuwangoda-declared-open/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka will create history tomorrow by exporting maize</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is a historically important day for Sri Lanka as Sri Lanka for the first time will be exporting 10,000 metric tons of maize to Taiwan and Canada. &#160; Until recent times Sri Lanka was producing only 15% of its &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lanka-will-create-history-tomorrow-by-exporting-maize/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CLINTON PRAISES SRI LANKA&#8217;S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT LLRC RECOMMENDATIONS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday praised Sri Lanka’s plan to implement post-conflict recommendations made by an independent commission recently, during a meeting with Prof. G.L. Peiris, Sri Lanka’s minister of external affairs. &#160; During their 45-minute meeting, Minister &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/clinton-praises-sri-lankas-plan-to-implement-llrc-recommendations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MINISTER PEIRIS CONTINUES WASHINGTON VISIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, took part in a series of Capitol Hill meetings Wednesday on his second day of the four-day official visit to Washington, discussing with members of the House of Representatives Sri Lanka’s &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/minister-peiris-continues-washington-visit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>International Nurses Day celebrated at Temple Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka is the leading country in the world when it comes to providing welfare facilities to its people.  He said that free education and free health services subsidized fertilizer and other agricultural utensils, Samurdhi &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/international-nurses-day-celebrated-at-temple-trees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Dengue Control Week from May 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 17:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena declared the National Dengue Control Week from May 14 to 20. The week is aimed at accelerating and improving the effectiveness of mosquito breeding site eradication activities. The Health Ministry has sent a circular on the &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/national-dengue-control-week-from-may-14/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DFCC Vardana Bank records profit increases of 92.5%</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DFCC Vardhana Bank’s profit before tax (PBT) amounted to Rs 708.5 million during 2011 recording an increase of 31.5% compared with the PBT of Rs 538.8 million in 2010. The provision for taxation amounted to Rs 177 million. The effective &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/dfcc-vardana-bank-records-profit-increases-of-92-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pooneryn developed as a major town in the North</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pooneryn in the Kilinochchi District is being developed as a new town, and construction of several administrative buildings is being carried out in this connection. &#160; Pooneryn is located in the centre area of Mannar – Navatkuli A-32 road and &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/pooneryn-developed-as-a-major-town-in-the-north/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka makes great strides in communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has a great potential for providing public services via the mobile phone, as the country has the technology, creativity and a growing demand for such services.   The Government is ready to provide key citizen services via the mobile &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lanka-makes-great-strides-in-communication/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Private Sector requested to declare May 07 a holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has already declared Monday, May 7 a Public &#38; Special Bank Holiday, in lieu of the Vesak holidays falling on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6. Accordingly Labour and Labour Relations Minister Gamini Lokuge has made a &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/private-sector-requested-to-declare-may-07-a-holiday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SL&#8217;s Permanent Mission to UN moves to its own premises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations moved to a new location on Second Avenue today. &#160; The Permanent Mission was previously located on Third Avenue. The Government has been renting space for the mission for over &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sls-permanent-mission-to-un-moves-to-its-own-premises/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>T.B.Illangaratne Birth Anniversary commemorated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Rajapaksa offered floral tribute to the statue of late politician and literary scholar T.B. Ilangaratne yesterday. The commemorative ceremony organized by the People&#8217;s Bank was held atNavam Mawatha in Colombo. Illangarathne was elected to Parliament from 1958 to 1977 &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/t-b-illangaratne-birth-anniversary-commemorated/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka- Korea Relations reach new heights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three MOUs signed between Sri Lanka and South Korea would ensure greater involvement by the Korean government in the development of the ICT sector in Sri Lanka and in pursuing an economically viable partnership with Sri Lanka in the power &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lanka-korea-relations-reach-new-heights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pricing of U.S. Dollar Senior Notes due 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Ceylon (“BoC”) has priced its offering of US$500 million Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”). The Notes were priced at a yield of 6.875% and the offering was oversubscribed by 7.7 times with total orders received amounting &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/pricing-of-u-s-dollar-senior-notes-due-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Made in Pakistan Single Country Exhibition’ inaugurated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa declared open the “Made in Pakistan Single Country Exhibition” at the BMICH yesterday.  The Exhibition will be held till 1st May. &#160; The inauguration event was also attended by the High Commissioner of Pakistan &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/made-in-pakistan-single-country-exhibition-inaugurated/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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