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Happy Sri Lankan New Year!
Lanka Academic Network wishes all its patrons a
very happy and prosperous New Year, arriving on April 13, 2000.
Here are the auspicious times according to the
Epa Litha (in Sri Lankan time).
Arrival of the New Year: 4/13, 5:52am.
Nonagathaya: 4/13, 11:28am to 4/14 12:16am
Lighting of the stove: 4/13, 7:39pm, look East, wear golden outfits.
Eating, working and exchange of money: 4/13, 8:51pm, look East, wear golden outfits.
Applying oil in head: 4/15, 8:11am, look South, wear blue outfits.
Going to work: 4/19, 6:48am.
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Nivaththaka Chethiya MV Photo Gallery
Visit our photo gallery
to learn more about the LAcNet's "Computers for Schools Project". If you
would like to help fund projects like these, here is
how.
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CompS Project
Learn more about LAcNet's Computers for Schools Project (CompS)
here.
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New Linux Server
LacNet has recently acquired a Gateway server class computer to function as
its web server. Loaded with RAM, this computer carries a SCSI-based disk interface
enabling it to supply LAcNet visitors with fast updates of news and multimedia
files. LAcNet volunteers are currently in the process of bringing up this
computer, nilwala.lacnet.org, on the internet. It will be a sister server to
LAcNet's existing server, walawe.lacnet.org.
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Trinco explosion death toll rises.
Doctors at the state-hospitals were carrying out
emergency surgeries to remove shrapnel from the
Trincomalee bomb blast victims on the eve of
Sinhala-Tamil New Year.
Police said more than 100 persons including women and
children were admitted to the state hospitals when a
massive explosion occurred at a music concert. The
death toll has risen to 10 at this time.
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Jaffna at a standstill.
All normal and commercial activities came to a
complete standstill in northern Jaffna peninsula just
before the citizens celebrated new year, after a group
of Non-governmental organizations called for a
"hartal" over the military's decision not to repatriate 4,600
civilians trapped at Kilali due to the on going
fighting between the SLA and the LTTE.
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Fighting on A9.
Government troops backed by artillery broke their way
through the LTTE forward defense lines along the A9
highway to liberate more land held by the rebels.
According unconfirmed reports reaching LAcNet more
than 50 rebels were killed in the fresh fighting.
Meanwhile there were no New Year celebrations for
kith and kin of soldiers assigned for tours of duty
in the war ravaged north and eastern provinces.
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