Importance of technology for development

A political economy perspective :

I sincerely appreciate the pleasure to be the guest of honour at the convocation ceremony of SLIATE, the Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education. I wish to thank institute Director General Kamal Pathmasiri, for his kind invitation, for me to be here and to address you at this convocation.

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The Morning Inspection

Blessed are those who do not look the other way

Have you ever paused to think how much we human beings insult the Ostrich, ladies and gentlemen? We laugh at the Ostrich so much; we use the descriptive ‘Ostrich-like’ to humiliate those who close their eyes (metaphorically of course) and try to convince themselves that things are ok.

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Consensus vital to solve ethnic problem says Minister DEW Gunasekera:

Immediate political solution ‘unlikely’

Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Minister DEW Gunasekera says no immediate political solution could be found to solve the ethnic problem as a new political alignment is anticipated with the dissolution of the Parliament. In this context of political development, he said one cannot expect the government to offer a political solution.

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