Govt will ensure smooth supply of oil - Premajayantha

A majority of Sri Lankans, including religious dignitaries, scholars etc. commended the LLRC report. This report is an eyeopener to some international organizations which made comments against the LLRC prematurely. The government will take necessary action to implement the recommendations made by the LLRC report,

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Postage stamps and political settlement

The latest propaganda exercise by these ultra-nationalist separatists was to use the postal services of host countries. The Posts in many Western countries, in order to boost their sales, have been allowing the on-line personalisation of stamps by customers. La Poste, the French postal service, was targeted early, stamps being issued bearing the visage of the slain LTTE leader or ‘maps’ of ‘Tamil Eelam’. La Poste subsequently apologised to the Sri Lanka government over the lapses of its employees ,

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Thai Pongal focuses on farming community

Thai Pongal is the sacred day on which farmers venerate the Sun God by offering the first part of their farm produce in the form of cooked rice to the nature spirit, in reciprocation of the bountiful harvest. It also becomes the chosen day on which they show their gratitude to the farm animals,

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Gota pulls no punches on the ‘Diaspora’ threat

While the pro-LTTE lobbyists in the human rights fraternity and sections of the Western media seek to hide all the human rights violations, brutality and outright savagery of the LTTE in its terrorist operations until the very last days of its effort to establish a separate Eelam in a part of Sri Lanka, Defence Secretary made it clear that the first threat to consider today is the on-going activities of LTTE linked organizations outside Sri Lanka,

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