UPFA will ensure sustainable development - Minister Rajitha
We do not need more campaigning to ensure our
victory because the people know the UPFA has done a great service to
the public. The public understands the UPFA have a clear vision
about the country’s development and public welfare. The people know
the UPFA will treat them well and it has enough strength to face all
the challenges as a successful political party. The public knows the
UPFA will continue development programmes and maintain peace and
harmony,
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Sri Lanka’s galloping economic progress
Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves rose to US
$ 7 billion, skipping over the target, according to a recent
announcement made by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Remittances from Sri Lankans employed in overseas countries were a
significant contribution to the foreign exchange reserves. According
to the Central Bank, they sent home a record sum of US $ 4.11
billion in 2010 up by nearly 23.6 percent from the previous year.
Over 1.5 million people are employed overseas, especially in the
Gulf States, mainly as unskilled and domestic workers,
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Manjula and Dilan are more than characters
Manjula and Dilan are silent workers who do not
get featured on our television or radio talk shows or get written
about in the magazine pages of our newspapers. By nature, what they
do is to touch the hearts and minds of those they serve and do that
with such caring, compassion, love and kindness. They do not seek
‘consultancy’ fees or ‘sell’ their skills and together with that
their souls for mere pecuniary benefit, for that is the last thing
they have on their minds,
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