National Policy should remain with central government

What the Eastern Province needs is not small scale solutions to local problems, but a master plan that treats water as a resource. Now it is seen as a threat in times of rain, with its absence also a threat because of the droughts that inevitably follow. But a comprehensive plan, formulation of which should be handled by the Disaster Management Centre,

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Ex LTTE fighters now shooting for the stars

Confidently they embraced the rifles. Never touched a weapon since they gave up their guns three years ago, the once trigger happy trio whose fingers were well trained to handle more sophisticated weapons and hit the enemy targets, are now in a different ‘game’.

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LIFE ABROAD - PART IV:

THE TUBE tunnels and thunders through

The London underground railway network (colloquially known as the ‘Tube’) is 150 years old and serves a considerable part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex through tunnels as well as sub-surface covering 253 miles while transporting millions of passengers on a daily basis.

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