Sri Lanka committed to reconciliation and economic empowerment
of people - President at Doha Forum
“We have already embarked on a national endeavour
for permanent peace through reconciliation”:
His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani,
the Emir of Qatar His Excellency, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al
Thani, Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
State of Qatar, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. I sincerely
would like to thank His Highness the Emir of Qatar and the
government of the State of Qatar for the invitation extended to me
to address the 12th Doha Forum and Enriching the Middle East
Economic Future Conference.
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Reminiscences of Gold
Guardian Angel of the National Archives
Dr. K. D. G. Wimalaratne, who is a former
Director of the National Archives, took care of the Archives the way
a guardian takes care of his charge. His has contributed immensely
to its growth and development. National Archives has been an
inseparable part of his life for more than 35 years. “My father was
from Ratmalana and my mother was from Bambalapitiya. I was born in
Bambalapitiya on January 18,1942. I had four brothers and one
sister. All of us were educated in Colombo. My elder brother was a
specialist at the Kurunegala hospital. He died two years ago.
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A free glass of milk and an egg - heavenly gifts to
schoolchildren
It is great and adorable too for the government
to give school-going children a free glass of milk and an egg during
their recess to reduce the impact of malnutrition now prevalent
among children, who would be the masters of tomorrow, to enhance and
strengthen their immune system, and be able to complete their
studies most successfully and become productive and healthy
citizens.
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Frances Harrison, Daran of Channel 4 claims, and the ‘othering’
of Arun Tambimuttu
At the Frontline Club discussion on Sri Lanka, I
finally came across Frances Harrison. The name had been familiar,
for in recent years, whenever I went to England, she used to tweet
madly about me, though I soon enough found out that many journalists
tweet in that mad fashion. This time round, her fascination with me
continued, in that she saw the discussion as ‘Ch 4 vs Prof Rajiva
debate’ as she tweeted an hour before the discussion.
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