Transform ocean into a lucrative resource - President
“It is a big disgrace for us to import canned
fish for our consumption spending billions of rupees as an island
nation while endowed with a resourceful ocean around the country “,
said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The President was addressing a
gathering following the opening of the first ever state fish canning
factory of Sri Lanka in Galle yesterday.
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‘Rs.2,500 enough for bare survival’
Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said
yesterday that what he meant when he said that Rs. 2,500 was enough
for a person to survive was that it was sufficient to keep him
alive. The Minister said that when a society has a debate on a topic
the people of that country would be absorbed in it without being
concerned about truths or falsehoods.
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Parliament
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