North-East gets one percent of
GDP
The government
has spent around one percent of the
Gross Domestic Product for
development programmes of the
Northern and Eastern provinces under
the directions of President Mahinda
Rajapaksa. Living standards of
people in these areas have been
improving at a rapid pace, Prison
Reform and Rehabilitation Minister
Chandrasiri Gajadeera said.
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US Tamil questions ‘Channel 4’
credibility
A Sri Lankan
Tamil who is currently a US citizen,
expressed his shock and disgust on
how the so called protectors of
global human rights shamelessly
tried to capitalize on the
sufferings of Tamils in Sri Lanka to
fulfill their self serving
objectives. Joseph Navaratnam, a
Tamil living in the USA, lashed out
at Amnesty International and Human
Rights Watch who screened the
Channel 4 video at Capitol Hill, for
selling the sufferings wholesale of
the Tamils to “rekindle the bonfire
that caused all these sufferings.”
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Delft visited by a minister
after 20 yrs
Delft Island,
the lonely and largest island in mid
sea, 46 km away from Jaffna
mainland, was visited by a
government minister for the first
time in 21 years. Presidential Task
Force on Northern Development
chairman, Economic Development
Minister Basil Rajapaksa visited
Delft Island on Saturday. The then
minister of National Security Ranjan
Wijeratne had visited the island in
1990, and since then no minister had
visited there.
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Tamils in North rallying round
President
“I trust
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s
government and he will surely solve
all the problems of the Tamil people
soon,” Hartley College, Jaffna,
Principal N. Devendrarajah said. He
further appreciated the service
rendered by Economic Development
Minister Basil Rajapaksa, the
originator of the Uthuru Vasanthaya
rapid development programme, who
visits the region frequently and
initiates important development
programmes.
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