Unity key to development - Minister W D J Seneviratne

The victory of the government at the last LG polls was outstanding. The UPFA won all LG bodies except a few in the North. This victory can be attributed to the massive development work carried out by the government and large-scale infrastructure facilities that have been provided to rural areas. This has benefited people who did not have proper roads, water service, schools and hospitals. Now most of the villages have been provided with these facilities. Villagers not only enjoy their day to-day-life, but also see an improvement in their living standards.

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Famine-struck Somalis struggle to celebrate Ramadan fast

Islam’s holy month of Ramadan should be a time of celebration and prayer, but for Mohamed Idris, a Somali struggling in the famine-hit and war-torn capital, daily survival is all he can care about. He abstains from food and water in the traditional dawn-to-dusk fast that began on Monday, as Islam requires all able believers to do.

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Not the end of the road:

Alternate routes for career development

Prof Dayantha Wijeyesekera Chairman, Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission The Post Secondary school students who sought Sri Lanka University Education having sat for the G.C.E. Advanced Level examinations in August 2010 would have been informed of their prospects of pursuing a programme of study in a Conventional University in Sri Lanka through the admissions processed at the University Grants Commission (UGC).

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