President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Keppatilav Village in Nandikadal,
Mullaitivu to inspect the housing complex built for the benefit of the public who immensely suffered during the LTTE reign of terror. Here, the President holds
a little boy in a friendly gesture when he distributed school equipment among
pre-school children on the occasion. Picture by Sudath Silva

Sri Lanka won the Harvard Leadership
Assessment Award this year for the first
time. The Harvard Public Health Education Institute of the Harvard University in Cambridge held their annual Harvard Health Leadership Meeting and Health Minister
Maithripala Sirisena received the Harvard Health Leadership Award – 2013. Around 15 Health Ministers from the Asian and African regions were present at this summit. Minister Sirisena received the award from Harvard University Dean, former Health
Minister of Mexico Dr. Julio Frenk. Harvard University Professor (International Affairs) William Clark is also in the picture.

President promises people of North:

EVERYTHING LOST TO TERROR, WE’LL GIVE BACK

* People given opportunity to elect their reps
* Expresses confidence they will make right choice

President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised the people of the North that his government will rebuild all that was destroyed by the terrorists during the 30-year conflict and will strive to provide everything they needed.

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Lanka calls for international action to stem glorification of terrorism

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha asked that greater attention be paid in the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, to the role of terrorist support networks that take the form of front organizations, the challenge posed by the abuse of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the propriety of the use or display of terrorist group emblems, insignia and symbols.

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Dengue highest in Colombo

Health Ministry officials who conducted entomological surveys in Gampaha, Colombo and Kalutara on the expansion of dengue mosquito breeding sites, found that 56 percent out of the total of dengue cases in Sri Lanka have been reported from Colombo, a ministry spokesman said.

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From Highway of Death to Highway of Prosperity

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday opened the renovated A-9 highway (Jaffna-Kandy). The official function took place at the Kilinochchi town. From being described as the Highway of Death during the 30-year-old conflict, today A-9 has become the Highway to Prosperity in the North.

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President opens newly constructed runway in Iranamadu

President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially opened the newly constructed runway in Iranamadu on Saturday. Air Force Commander Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama received the President on arrival at the new Air Force facility.

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