Importance of having a ‘Strategic Life Plan’
As the Higher Education Ministry Secretary, I am
delighted to attend the seventh Convocation of the South Eastern
University of Sri Lanka and I would like to mention that this is the
10th National University that contributes to the education system of
the country.
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Bringing up kids the right way...
Which really is the right way to bring up kids?
On one side, from the West, we hear the version of giving kids
rights even before they could learn right or wrong. You could be
hauled off by the Police if you so much as smack your misbehaving
kids.
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Communalism is as dangerous as corruption
Communalism can have two meanings. In a positive
sense it refers to the conscious identity shared by a group of
people, based on their cultural heritage as expressed in language,
religion, caste etc. In plural societies, ethnic identities were
positively experienced and expressed. Positive communalism has been
associated, by and large, with mutual respect for other identities
in an environment where diversity is celebrated as the essential
parts of a whole. This is what 'unity' has meant in our mixed
villages and towns - the possibility of diversity in the context of
a positively felt identity that offers stability and security,
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Shining moment for COPE
This was said by Senior Minister D. E. W.
Gunasekera making the concluding speech of the Parliamentary debate
on the COPE report. Gunasekera is the Communist Party General
Secretary. The General Secretary is not the party leader’s secretary
as in other political parties.
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