Peace, Development and Equality
The country witnessed the dawn of a new era in
politics last week. The two leaders of the main political parties,
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe entered into a
historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work for the
betterment of this country. This move has been hailed by all
segments of our society.
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Manirasakulam, Rarkuli,Upparu and Sampur: Military gains which
went obscure
Manirasakulam is a long and strange story. It is
about how the LTTE exploited the ceasefire agreement - which
prevented the two signatories from engaging in offensive operations-
by expanding its military build up, knowing well that the ceasefire
agreement would discourage the counter actions by the security
forces.
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Ensuring equal status for women
Ensuring equal status for women is an important
component in any policy formulation. Where there is unequal access
to resources for men and women, the development of a country
stagnates and side by side the welfare of the world too suffers.
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