Today's Top Stories Buddhist prelates endorse new constitution by Ariyasena Manamendra Leading members of the Maha Sangha have expressed confidence that the proposed new Constitution will find lasting solutions to the religious, economic, social, ethnic and cultural problems facing the country. Rs. 400 private sector payrise by Ananda Kannangara Nearly two million employees in all private sector institutions will receive a Rs.400 salary increase. The newly built four storeyed cardiology and heart surgery unit at the Kandy hospital with a capacity of performing six surgeries a day was commissioned by Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva on Sunday.
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Peradeniya Engineering Faculty celebrates glorious half-century The Faculty of Engineering, Peradeniya completed 50 years of service to engineering education as the pioneering institution for training graduate engineers on July 1, 2000. Well over two hundred delegates from various parts of the world, including the USA, Canada, Japan and Australia participated in the proceedings. JICA funds Rs. Ms. Pavithra Wanniarachchi last week inaugurated the construction work on the Rs. 1.2 billion proposed new maternity and children's wards in the Ratnapura hospital. Young-oh said at the handing over of a Korean Buddha Statue to the Sri Dalada Maligawa Kandy that the donation represented the Korean people's earnest hope for early realization of peace, harmony and prosperity for the Sri Lankan people.