Empowering the rural poor:
WB lauds Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s rural poverty alleviation program
Gemi Diriya has proven remarkably successful in empowering the poor
and raising incomes in some poorer provinces, said World Bank Sri
Lanka Director Naoko Ishii in a statement issued in Colombo
yesterday.
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President warns of treacherous betrayal
Certain elements who were born and bred in Sri
Lanka are engaged in a dirty game of betraying the country to gain
narrow financial and political gains, said President Mahinda
Rajapaksa in Galle yesterday.
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Over 9,000 IDPs settled in their homelands
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has launched the
world’s fastest resettlement program for IDPs, Senior Presidential
Advisor Basil Rajapaksa said at the relocation of displaced families
held at the Vavuniya Cultural Centre yesterday.
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Press is free, criticism is free - President
The press is free, criticism is free. The
Opposition can even go to Brussels to do lobbying against the
renewal by the European Union of the GSP + system, said President
Mahinda Rajapaksa to Le Figaro, a leading French newspaper.
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Parliament must take a stand on snobbish missions - Speaker
Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara yesterday stressed the
importance of Parliament to take a stand against diplomatic missions
based here if they attempt to harass MPs and citizens regarding
their visa applications.
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