Allegations against SL and the right to defence

There is so much energy generated in allegations of human rights violations and war crimes, against Sri Lanka in the international arena, that the heat could be utilized to throw some light on reality. The hottest salvo against Sri Lanka is the allegation of “War Crimes and White Flags” aimed by none clean enough to point an untainted finger at us.

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Meditation on the auspicious

In my conversations with people from different walks of life and different parts of the country I’ve heard some talk of the auspicious and inauspicious. I know of one family living in Sinhapitiya, Gampola that was quite fixated with such things. If one member had to embark on an important journey, another would set off a few minutes earlier so that any ill-sign would be first encountered by this individual and the traveller spared.

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Doubling the fish harvest in SL by 2013

Fish farming has become an industry within the last 50 years:

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne at a recent news conference disclosed that he is planning to double the present fish harvest from 385,000 mt to 686,000mt in 2013. It’s worthy of commending his high expectations, although it’s a Herculean task, but nothing is impossible in this scientific era.

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