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Bandula Had Not Been Any Strict Audit Checks 2 Monday 20th November, 2006 Are you a lucky winner? DEVELOPMENT SUPIRI VASANA SATURDAY MAHAJANA JAYAVIRU JAYODA VASANA SAMPATHA GOVI SETHA FORTUNE FORTUNE SAMPATHA SUWASETHA Draw No: 330 Draw No: 832 Draw SAMPATHA Draw No: 1763 Draw No: 288 Draw No: 636 Date: 15 - 11- 2006 Draw No.575 Date: 17- 11 - 2006 Date: 08-11-2006 Date: 17-11-2006 Draw No.370 Date: 18-11-2006 Date: 13 -11-2006 Date: 09-11-2006 Draw No. 22 Bonus No. 40 Date: 13-11-2006 Draw No. 1872 Winning Nos: Symbol: Gemini Date:18.11.2006 Winning Nos: Super No:26 Winning Nos. Winning Nos: Winning Nos : Winning Nos: Winnings Nos Winning Nos. R 24-27-44-56 Winning Nos. 05-33-39-69 02-24-41-46-54 2 0 3 7 9 4 10-25-44-51 J-20-30-43-62 J-4-2-7-3-8-5 01-47-49-54 Q-04-11-15-16 Super No.06 In Parliament on Friday – Budget debate Special unit to monitor imports By subjecting the purchase of fertilizer, drugs and food for stringent auditing the government could save Rs 300 million next year, Treasury Budget has dwelt only on Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera said. This was announced by President Mahinda Rajapakse dur- ing his recent Budget speech. The Government spends a massive Rs 300 billion a year for the import of these items but there unreal proposals - Bandula had not been any strict audit checks. A special unit would be set up within the Auditor General’s Department to monitor these imports. by Wijitha Nakkawita and Dr. P. B. Jayasundara, going to the extent 7 percent while sectors like Industry and he said. Dr.Jayasundera told this yesterday address- Lakshmi de Silva of punning on the name Jayasundara, and agriculture also recorded similar rates of According to the Central Bank report, ing tax officials. Opening the Budget debate for the accused him misleading President growth. growth in Agriculture, Industry, foreign Opposition in Parliament on Friday (17) Mahinda Rajapakse to draw up the Budget The Budget has allocated the highest employment and the services sectors were UNP Colombo District member on unreal Budget. amounts for education, higher education the results of well planned national eco- UNP holds... From page 1 Bandula Gunawardana said the For example, he said Mahinda and health while the mid-day meal has nomic policy. It was not possible for the Members of the Jayasuriya faction who Government Budget did not address the Chinthana policy claimed 4.8 million been given to children in the poorest UNP to say that the growth figures were absented themselvesincluded S. B. Dissanayake realities of the macro economic state of school children were to be given a mid-day regions. incorrect. There were also a number of G. L. Peiris, Rajitha Senaratne, Navin the country but dwelt on unreal proposals meal in schools but only six percent of The UNP member had asked the gov- development programmes like Gama Dissanayake, Mahinda Wijesekera, Bandula like the Samurdhi Poverty Alleviation that number of children actually received ernment to reduce the percentage of peo- Naguma or Gemi Piyasa which were Gunawardena P. Dayaratne, R. M. Dharmadasa scheme which had not resulted in reduc- the free mid-day meal. Even President ple receiving Samurdhi. implemented from last year and the peo- Banda, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Milinda ing poverty but increasing it. The actual Premadasa wanted to give the mid-day Though member Bandula ple were aware of the progress. Moragoda, M. H. M. Maharoof, Ranjith Madduma poor people in the country was only about meal but he too cold not do it. Gunawardana criticised the government Deputy Minister of Finance Ranjith Bandara,Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Imtiaz 25 percent but the Samurdhi scheme is Gunawardana said the employment for not being able to give graduates Siyambalapitiya said the positive results Bakeer Markar and Mano Wijeratne. being extended to 50 scheme for unemployed graduates was employment it was the present govern- of the policies of the Government in percent of the peo- also another broken promise. ment that continued the Graduate employ- encouraging national productivity result- Robbed ... From page 1 Classified ple. This is only for He said the percentage of unemploy- ment scheme while the UNP was not able ed in the self sufficiency of rice by a senior police officer said, “they employ one political expediency ment given in the Budget at 6.2 was also to give a single job during the UNP October this year in addition to self suffi- person from the area where they plan to commit a Advertising and to catch votes. unreal as the unemployment percentage regime, he said. ciency in B onions. As seen in the current crime and he is paid a commission.” Bandula of the North and East had been ignored in He said the Government was able to Besides gems and jewellery, the police also the Budget. He said the UNP will not allocate funds for such mega projects like year the plan to encourage national enter- FINANCIAL Gunawardana took into custody a three wheeler and seven broke from the par- oppose the Budget but critically support the Norachcholai and Upper Kotmale prise will be continued under the provi- mobile phones. ACCEPT foreign cur- liamentary tradi- it. power generation projects. The highest sions made in the budget 2007. The suspects, produced before the Panwila rency. Niketh Money Ex- tion aiming his crit- Minister of Healthcare and allocation of funds for infrastructure He said there was a growth of 50 per- Courts, were remanded pending further investiga- change and Western Un- Nutrition and Leader of the House development provides for highways roads cent in the fisheries, tourist arrivals had tions conducted by OIC Wattegedera IP Chinthaka ion Money Transfer. No. icism on the 3-25 (3rd Floor) Majes- Secretary to the Nimal Siripala de Silva said the macro- and a second international airport which increased by 5 percent while there was 31 Bandara and SI Chandrasekera. More arrests are tic City, Bambalapitiya. Finance Ministry economic growth in the current year was were the basis for a higher rate of growth, percent increase in the import of new likely to be made in the next few days, according T.P. 4527244. vehicles. The banking and finance sector to the police. recorded a growth rate of 43 percent and From the growth in exports was also 23 percent Earthslips... page 1 GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST during the current year. The Kandy-Kurunegala main road has been UNP member Bandula Gunawardana’s obstructed at twenty places due earthslips, accord- speech was marked with terms he uses in ing to the police. An earthslip also disrupted vehic- REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA ular traffic on the Kandy-Mahiyangana road. the tuition classes and the arguments he The continual torrential rains experienced had used were what he repeats in all his here are expected to aggravate the situation and MINISTRY OF HIGHWAYS speeches. Though there are some short- all state institutions have been alerted to possible comings, the policy of President disasters, a spokesman for the Central Provincial Rajapakse aims to achieve development. Council told The Island and requested the public ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY not to panic but to be vigilant. Lanka won’t... From page 1 REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTORS Sea Tigers had commandeered the craft after Representatives from the Indian High transferring Sekar’s colleagues to one of their craft. Commission last week visited the suspect. The gov- FOR THE YEAR 2007 Sekar had claimed that LTTE cadres kept him. ernment requested the Indian HC to send him Although Sekar denied any knowledge of trans- home. fer of any cargo to his trawler, Sri Lankan authorities There is peculation that Sea Tigers are using think otherwise. “He could not have been unaware of Indian trawlers to smuggle in arms consignments. A The Road Development Authority (RDA) of the Ministry of Highways intends to register Contractors the happenings,” an authoritative official said. He series of confrontations between the SLN and Sea for the execution of the road and bridge work to be undertaken by the RDA, during the year 2007. expressed belief that Indian authorities would probe Tigers in the Gulf of Mannar this year points to this Sekar’s claims. Under interrogation, Sekar claimed possibility. Authoritative sources said that if India Interested parties shall obtain the Application Forms available in the office of the Director (Maintenance that several fishermen had been abducted by Sea stepped up naval patrols in the Gulf of Mannar it Tigers. “Their families are in a poor state. Sea Tigers would certainly deliver a knock out blow to Sea Management & Construction), Road Development Authority, 1st Floor, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, forcibly take our fuel, seize craft and destroy nets. Tiger operations. and the Provincial Director’s Offices given below during office hours, on the payment of a non- refundable fee of Rs.1000/- plus VAT. MR vows... From page 1 During his 35-minute address, the President The President dismissed the perception that devel- 1. Provincial Director (Western Province), Road Development Authority, Torrington Square, Col. 07. assured the nation that the security forces would opment programmes could not take place due to war. “I 2. Provincial Director (Southern Province), Road Development Authority, Meddewatta, Matara. respond to the threat posed by the LTTE. “Have we don’t believe in this,” he said, expressing confidence given in to LTTE terrorism? Have we compelled the that development could take place despite growing 3. Provincial Director (Central Province), Road Development Authority, Asgiriya, Kandy. security forces to bow down to pressure?” he asked.
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