Raising paddy productivity

Rice production has been an important and valued mainstay in Sri Lanka's agriculture from times immemorial in its long and glorious history. Rice is not only the staple food of Sri Lankans but the production of paddy also provides employment to rural people, reduce the gap between the rich in urban areas and the poor living in rural, agricultural regions, and cut down the imports of rice from overseas countries appreciably, saving valuable foreign exchange.

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On tears newsworthy and otherwise, wept and denied

The Morning Inspection - Malinda

Some years ago, when the LTTE butchered over 60 innocent people including little children in Kebitigollewa, certain newspapers and media institutions, both local and foreign, deliberately played the incident down. This prompted the National Movement Against Terrorism (NMAT) to publish a short but telling essay about media practice and ethics titled ‘Some tears are not newsworthy’.

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Abdicating power to a political reject

Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe has said in an exclusive interview to a weekend newspaper that if the opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka wins he-Wickremesinghe- would be the next Sri Lanka’s Executive Prime Minister.

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Enough politicking... More leadership needed

During my professional career from which I am now retired, I was once called to work as an advisor to a Minister and placed in charge of a specific project. Closer to an election,

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