Sri Lanka is still under threat - warns Defence Secretary
LTTE rump groups and pro-LTTE organizations are
trying hard to achieve their separatist ideology in the country:
While this problem seems to be mostly
international, we must realise there is a possibility, though a
remote one at this stage, that terrorists will reorganize within
this country. As mentioned before, one of the stated objectives of
the LTTE-linked groups abroad is to encourage and facilitate the
resumption of an armed struggle in Sri Lanka. There is ample
evidence that members of these groups, as well as LTTE cadres who
managed to flee Sri Lanka during the Humanitarian Operation, are
consistently trying to contact various people within this country
and encourage them to regroup militarily. We must not forget that
there are also LTTE cadres who escaped detection and detention
during the Humanitarian Operation, and are still at large in our
society.
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A.W. Dharmapala - pioneer broadcaster
A.W. Dharmapala, an engineer and a quiet
unassuming gentleman with unimpeachable integrity, rendered service
to Sri Lanka for 42 years (1922 - 1964). He was one of the pioneers
of Ceylon radio broadcasting from its earliest experimental stages
in 1923. He worked with E. Harper (Chief Engineer, Department of
Posts and Telecommunications) and Shillitoe (assistant chief
engineer) to construct a 0.5 kw radio transmitter using radio
equipment from the captured World War I German submarine UB61. With
this equipment, they made their first experimental broadcasts in
1923, broadcasting gramophone music from a small room in the Central
Telegraph Department.
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Will the world come to an end on December 21, 2012?
At mid-night on December 31, 2011, the Gregorian
calendar flipped from the year 2011 to 2012. The celebration most
likely just involved tons of alcohol and fireworks and was the start
of a New Year for our calendar. Nothing more! Nothing less!
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Is silence always golden?
Sex education is regarded as a formal
instruction on topics linking human sexuality such as anatomy,
reproduction, intercourse, abstinence, contraception and numerous
human sexual behaviour enwrapping emotional relations and rights and
responsibilities. Customary avenues for sex education are parents,
school programmes and public health campaigns.
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