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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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20 farmers attempts to commit suicide.
A Sinhala weekly newspaper here in Colombo said that
20 farmers in north central province of Pollonnauruwa
attempted to commit suicide after government refused
to buy their products.
The newspaper Irida Peramuna quoting unnamed officials
said two women died in the Pollonnauruwa hospital
after consuming poisonous substances. But the police
in north central Sri Lanka failed to confirm the
incident citing that the story was baseless.
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Tigers attacks an army vehicle.
An army captain was among five soldiers killed when
the Tamil Tiger rebels attacked an army truck at
Arantalawa today morning. In the attack 15 soldiers
were wounded.
The truck was attacked, when the soldiers rushed to
rescue a group of policemen who came under heavy small
arms fire. The Operational Headquarters said that the
soldiers were only injured.
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PM warded at Hospital.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike was
told by the doctors at a state hospital to take a
complete bed rest after she was admitted to the
hospital just before the Sinhala-Hindu New Year with
minor ailments.
The Prime Minister who turns 84 on Monday is presently
warded at the Sri Jayawardanapura hospital.
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India says it wouldn't lift the ban on LTTE.
Ruling Indian government said on Friday that it would
not lift the ban on the LTTE. The LTTE, a ruthless
terrorist group in the world now fighting the Sri
Lankan soldiers to create an Independent Homeland
for minority Tamils in the north and east was banned
by India, after the rebel group assassinated Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi during an election rally at Siri
Perambur in south India.
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