‘People should not fall prey to conspirators’
People living in the North and East need
development not devolution of power. Politicians use racial hatred
as their political platform. The TNA should think about this
situation. The LTTE destroyed everything including political
leadership, infrastructure facilities etc. The TNA should get
together with the government and build the North and East,
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Act of kindness
He had another look at his rear mirror. In that dim light of dawn,
hardly anything would be clear. But Chandrapala could spot who it
was. A woman - may be in her seventies - stood by her car. Is it an
imposter, Chandrapala wondered silently. Whoever it is… Whatever it
is… Chandrapala made up his mind.
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Eng. (Prof.) R. H. Paul:
Remembering an engineering great
Eng. (Prof.) R. H. Paul is part of the history of development of
engineering education in the country. In 1933 he joined the Ceylon
Technical College, Colombo, the only institution for engineering
education in the country at that time, as a lecturer. The
improvements he brought to the curriculum and laboratory facilities
were said to be largely responsible for the recognition of the
College by the University of London in 1942 for preparing students
for the B.Sc (Engineering External Degree) of the latter. He held
the post of Director of the College from 1944-49,
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