Education as a tool of rehabilitation and integration

Prison Welfare Day - 'Prisoners are human beings':

'Prisons in Sri Lanka are 400 per cent over crowded. However, out of this 50.8 per cent are remandees. The main reason for this unprecedented increase in intake is the lack of education. This is a fact which has been proved beyond doubt.

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The pervasive issue of abortion

Should anachronistic laws be challenged?:

Abortion is a controversial issue and also an ethical issue from the religious perspective. Although large numbers of illegal abortion clinics are in operation in major cities and suburbs, hygienic standards and qualifications of the staff in those so called clinics are often unknown as well as the methods used for aborting the foetus are shrouded in secrecy.

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The wonder plant of Sri Lanka

Pennywort Centella Asiatica Sanscrit Brhami (Gotukola) improves intelligence, heals and cures:

Easily accessible to the rich and poor alike, Gotukola is one of the best plants one can grow and consume .It is a miracle working plant of all ages. It has been scientifically proven that memory, intelligence and retrieval power have improved with the consumption of our very own local produce Gotukola explained Dr Vajira P.S. Seneviratne, visiting lecturer of the Moratuwa University cum pharmaceutical consultant .

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