Saturday, 27th September 2014 Official handing over of US $1 m to President Abbas President Rajapaksa, a long-time supporter of the Palestinian cause President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially handed over Sri Lanka's U ...
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Industrial resurgence in Jaffna
Sunday, 28th September 2014. By Shirajiv Sirimane Achchuveli Industrial Complex Before Sri Lanka talked and even drew plans to set up Free Trade Zones or set up industrial estates, Jaffna district soon af ...
New govt. project to build 50,000 houses for plantation sector
Saturday, 27th September 2014 Rasika Somarathna The government has initiated a project to build 50,000 housing units for plantation sector workers as per a concept mooted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The houses wil ...
Strengthening ties between Estonia and Sri Lanka
Sunday, 28th September 2014 LENS When you ask people in Estonia about Sri Lanka, what would be the first thing they say? Ceylon tea, nice sunshine and sandy beaches, cinnamon, most probably. When you ask people in Sr ...
Do NGOs really help the country in peace-building and reconciliation?
Sunday, 28th September 2014 LENS By J. Yogaraj Are conspirators working under HR issue cover? A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is an organization that is neither a part of a government nor a conventional for-prof ...
President holds bilateral discussions at UN Headquarters
Thursday, 25th September 2014 President Mahinda Rajapaksa held several bilateral discussions on Tuesday afternoon at the United Nations Headquarters on the sidelines of the U.N. Climate Summit 2014. The President met w ...
President extends support to elephant conservation at Clinton Global Initiative meeting
Thursday, 25th September 2014 New York: President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday joined former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the 2014 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. Pr ...