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The role played by the Power and Energy Ministry:
Future of energy development
Energy development is the main target of the
national development program in the country under the Mahinda
Chinthana. The Power and Energy Ministry has been entrusted with the
responsibility of providing guidance and leadership to meet the
electricity requirement while providing a solution to the looming
energy crisis in 2012.
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The difference between ‘change’ and ‘short-change’
There’s a term that didn’t exist in the Sri
Lankan political lexicon a couple of decades ago: ‘civil society’.
Today it’s so frequently tossed around that few who use it seem to
understand what it means. ‘Civil society’ has become a
self-identifier and a positing of self over the rest of society. The
term implies that there is an ‘un-civil society’ as well, i.e. those
who haven’t got membership in the exclusive club which is residence
to all kinds of NGO operators, academics and advocates of this or
that right.
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Towards a safer construction industry
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO)
formed in 1984, became a pioneering research and development
organization in the country specializing in various spheres of
technology. After 25 years NBRO now stands as one of the leading
multidisciplinary institutions in the country.
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Harold Herat's birth anniversary falls today:
Harold Herat - a rare politician
Harold - a genial, kind, humane, caring,
gentleman. We had been friends for a half a century of years and
with each passing year our friendship had matured and strengthened.
Harold lived in a spacious mansion in Marawila, and commenced his
legal practice in Chilaw and Marawila. Even as a junior in the
profession, when he walked into Court he was the cynosure of all
eyes. His mien, his demeanour, a refined gracefulness and
personality caused a fleeting moment of silence.
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