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At the Colombo University Post Graduate
Convocation Ceremony:
President calls for high ethical standards
More opportunities in non-university tertiary
sector:
Sri Lanka not only needs well educated
specialists from its higher education system but also expects it to
produce individuals with high ethical standards and social
responsibility, with capabilities of guiding the rest on the correct
path in accordance with the varying economic and social
developments, President Mahinda Rajapaksa observed yesterday.
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President felicitates Brazil
“On the happy occasion of the 187th anniversary
of the Independence of the Federative Republic of Brazil, on behalf
of the Government and the people of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka and on my own behalf, I have great pleasure in
extending our warm congratulations and sincere greetings to Your
Excellency, and through you to the Government and the friendly
people of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
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TB affects 17,000 Lankans annually
Around 17,000 Sri Lankans are affected by
Tuberculosis annually while 11,000 new victims are identified. Of
this 350 die of the disease, Director of National Program for
Tuberculosis Control and Chest Disease Dr. A.L.S.B. Alwis said.
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