‘National rejuvenation getting into top gear’
The theme selected for this year’s seminar is
‘Towards Lasting Peace and Stability’. Under this topic, Sri Lanka’s
post conflict efforts on Reconstruction, Resettlement,
Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Reconciliation will be discussed.
This is both appropriate and timely. Last year’s Defence Seminar
focused on how the defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka was
accomplished. As Sri Lanka enjoys its third year of peace and
stability after the defeat of terrorism, the great progress that has
been accomplished here is similarly worthy of study.
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Salvaging Sinhala and Tamil
The people of Bogota, Colombia have a reputation
for speaking the best and purest Castilian Spanish in the world. In
the same way, the people of the Jaffna peninsula are said to write
and converse in the most pristine Tamil.
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Vahalkada Tank: ‘Gateway to the Palace’
Vahalkada is located in the North-Central
Province about 20 kilometres North-East of Kabetigollewa. The region
is accessible by a seven kilometre long road through Kahatagollawa,
a village on the nineteenth kilometre post on the
Kebetigollewa-Padaviya road. Vahalkada can also be reached through a
longer route from Horowpothana.
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Destiny of refuge-seekers
Wennapuwa Police arresting 37 Tamils and four
Muslims awaiting departure by sea at a guest house in Vaikkal on
August 6 records another foiled ‘human smuggling bid’. The issue on
Sri Lankans who are being smuggled in boatloads by immigration
racketeers to Australia has suddenly become a hot potato.
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