Youth issues receive special policy attention in SL - Minister Allahapperuma

The impetus for setting up the Youth Parliament was to create leaders or representatives nurtured in the finest democratic ideals and practices. It also provides an important opportunity in post-conflict Sri Lanka to foster ideals of peace, solidarity and harmony among the country’s younger generation. These aspiring leaders in the Youth Parliament could one day meaningfully contribute to strengthening and revitalizing the country’s democratic institutions, democratic governance and further promote ideals of peace, tolerance and justice,

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Towards a post-complicit moment for those in pre-sleep slumber

The Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (SLACLALS) titled their annual conference ‘21st Century Postcolonial: Issues and challenges in literature and languages’. Professor Ashley Halpe, delivering the keynote address at the annual gathering deliberated on the validity of the term ‘post-colonial’.

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The importance of strengthening Indo-Lanka relations

The report released by the Defence Secretary about the humanitarian operation is a very important document released from the side of the government. The contents of the report can be marketed to the international arena. About 11,000 LTTE cadres, including over 500 child soldiers, surrendered to the government forces have been rehabilitated and resettled. It can be argued with the International bodies that how the alleged killings happened if such a large number who surrendered remained intact,

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