GENTLEMAN politician from Ruhuna - From a LSSP perspective

It is with great pleasure that I have accepted the invitation of the D A Rajapaksa Commemoration Committee to write this article to mark his 45th death anniversary. The nationalist trail that started with D M Rajapaksa, during the period of oppressive British rule, was nurtured and given direction during the period of transition to independence by D A Rajapaksa, and it has now assumed massive proportions, like the Southern Expressway, under the leadership of Mahinda Rajapaksa, with the potential to decisively influence the destiny of Sri Lanka itself. I shall endeavour to evaluate the significance to our country of this kurakkan nationalist trail, highlighting the role of D A Rajapaksa.

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Judge Human Rights relative to ground reality - Part III :

Post-war reconciliation and PEACE DIVIDENDS TO ALL

A further 1,089 date back to the 1991 to 2005 period. The remaining number lays to rest the canard of an increasing trend in disappearance in the recent past. We are working to establish a cross agency national mechanism to clear this backlog. A working committee has been established to respond to cases of disappearances and a Deputy Inspector General of Police appointed to conduct ground verifications of such cases to ascertain the present status. A special piece of legislation to enable the issuance of death certificates to next of kin was put in place and next of kin can claim monies due to them and obtain secure a substantial degree of closure.

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Reminiscences of Gold

Me at Grants? Nothing taken for granted

Neela Marikkar, is the personification of efficiency. A woman who has scaled the summit of success, she is a complete package: a wife, mother and a canny business woman. This week Reminiscences of Gold features this remarkable lady who is head of Grant McCann Erickson, a leading advertising agency in Sri Lanka.

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