Vol. 31 No. 22 ISSN: 1391 - 0531

10th November 1996

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President Kumaratunga raps the Trade Minister on the failure to control the sky-rocketing cost of living.

See Political Column

Interview

Rare glimpses by Ravi Jayewardene of his personal life
and experiences with his famous father

• Front Page News
  * Speaker's nod not needed to arrest an MP * Chopping the chips * Mahagama Sekera stamp withdrawn * Justice Shiranee takes SC seat amidst protest * Soldiers' shortcut misfires: 19 injured * Police baton charge protesting graduates * UNP joins world wide internet * Rs. 3m worth unused drugs destroyed

• News/Comment
  * Lankan scientist in Nobel class academy * Chairman in hiding: PS defunct * CMC settles Rs. 300m bank overdraft * Child rape * Repeal of Janasaviya Act postponed * Ten killed * Tourist arrivals down by 30pc. * A treat for nature lovers * Bribe wave rocks the port boat * Detainees threaten to go on death fast * Call for low key Deepavali * LTTE men held, contraband seized * Pension scheme for self-employed * Govt. Returns the Vada Bhoomi * Consumer watchdog gets new teeth * Protest in Denmark over Chitra's arrest * Motor licenses: new rules * NCC clarifies * Prabha ordered Paris job * JR to Ravi: Failures are the sons of success * 5,375 displaced sent home from Vavuniya * Refugees cross to India * Public sector unions not happy with budget * Yala families live in fear of terrorists * Knowing the law; and knowing the Law Minister * Monkeying with the judiciary

• Editorial / Opinion
  • The Editorial - *A Pakistani lesson *Good namesullied
  • The Political Column - Costly living and plainthinking
  • Situation Report - War of the flea and battlefor people
  • The Defence Column - LTTE initiative no more
  • The Fifth Column - What's a funeral
  • The Guest Column - Indian ocean all at sea
  • The Jungle Telegraph

• Business News
  * 'Big push for private sector' * Budget '97: first impressions *Security heightened in new currency notes * Market Focus by Analyst

• * Dizzy and daring descent * Sacrificing a priceless bloom * When JR made the Indians Cry.... * JR: the man I knew * Where the Kelani flows * Facing the changing tide: The Sri Lanka Foundation Institute * The riddle that was Crowley - Encountering Aleister Crowley (Part III) * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Sports News
  * Monday's match will decide who plays in final * Marvan off to Sharjah * Botheju hammers two tons against Thomians * SAF Games as scheduled in Nepal * Royal roar to regatta victory in Battle of the Blues at Beira * Lanka on rocks without skipper