Effective postal service to benefit public - Minister
Kumaranatunga
Proposing to appoint a Parliamentary Select
Committee (PSC) is a very timely step. It is very good to stop
passing the ball and start finding a permanent solution to the
ethnic issue by getting together. The responsibility is not only on
the government. All other parties have the responsibility of
appointing representatives to the PSC.
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I remembered Mr. Upali Munasinghe
I’ve communicated for some time now with Anura
Buthpitiya, an ex-Naval Officer now working overseas. A voracious
reader on all subjects, he finds time to read what I write too and
even comment occasionally. I met him for the first time a few days
ago at his residence in Athurugiriya. He had invited a couple of old
friends, Priyantha Weerasinghe and Vajira Kasturiarachchi, who had
been with him at Ananda College from Grade three or four. There was
a lot to talk about and much reminiscing too.
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Significance of Zakath in Ramazan
We Muslims believe in Islam not merely as a
religion of rituals but as an ideology capable of solving all human
problems in every aspect of life. It is on this wider basis that we
have to approach Zakath, the Alms tax as an ideal solution to the
problem of economic inequality and inequitable distribution of
wealth. A section of paupers on one side and millionaires on the
other side is the most unfortunate division among Muslims of today -
especially in Ramazan.
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