‘Make universities strategic partners in development’
In Sri Lanka there are 15 universities with an
academic strength of around 4,500, including about 500 Professors
and Associate Professors and over 1,750 Senior Lecturers with PhDs
or equivalent qualifications. An appreciable number of these senior
academics are promising scientists,
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Their rights and ours
On Wednesday, Minister of Water Supply and
Drainage and Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena was reported
as saying the United States of America was pressurising Sri Lanka
without knowing the full facts.
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Lessons Learnt of the LLRC
The latest reaction from the United States,
which had from the outset indicated it was keeping an open mind on
the LLRC, was encouraging. There was no outright rejection of its
findings, but a more balanced position as seen from the comments
made by Under Secretary Maria Otero and also echoed by Assistant
Secretary Robert Blake at the conclusion of their visit to Sri Lanka
earlier this week,
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Bountiful heart from Karachi, artist Jimmy Engineer is here once
again
A unique artist, Jimmy has created his aesthetic
vocabulary sourced by his own inner vision. He says: ‘My inspiration
was addressed by nature. Sometimes I was motivated by children I saw
in the streets, also people who were suffering and those who had
nothing in their lives. Without inspiration, I could not paint’,
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