Aquaculture gaining increasing importance in fisheries today

The last five years have seen growing emphasis in aquaculture in the country. Aquaculture is a thrust area of fisheries development in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana Idiri Dekma,’ and has formed the cornerstone of my ministry’s fisheries development programme,

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The Morning Inspection

The British Fall: London (cosmetic) must negotiate with London (real) right now!

BBC might tell the world a tall tale. The rebels won’t buy it and not all the directly affected will either. It is now clear that London (cosmetic) must come to terms with London (real), that London (pretty-face) must negotiate with London (real-face). If not, this British Fall will drag and hurt and hurt,

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Socio-economic scene

England in the eye of riots

The collapse of Britain’s industry left many inner-city areas blighted by unemployment, with poor housing and social infrastructure. They were socially alienated from more prosperous suburbs. The abandonment of the Welfare State, with its aim of caring for all, left the most vulnerable stranded. Successive governments have been weakening the social safety nets which could have caught the disadvantaged. The inequality between the rich and the poor in Britain is at its highest since the early 60s. The top 10 percent of the population now holds 53 percent of Britain’s wealth, while the poorest 50 percent have just seven percent,

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Does Obama have a ‘Multiple Civilian Casualty Policy’ in dealing with terrorism?

The double standards endemic in international reporting of conflict is apparent in the manner in which Sri Lankan officials are turned into witnesses against the Sri Lankan state whenever they say things that go against the standard view of Sri Lankan officials.

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