No need to extend Emergency regulations

The following is the speech presented by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Parliament last Thursday where he proposed that the Emergency Regulations be lifted. As the President who has participated most in the affairs of the Parliament since the Executive Presidency was established,

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Sri Lanka can overcome any challenge successfully – Minister Samarasinghe

Plantation Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe who also oversees the subject of human rights, in an interview with the Sunday Observer says the lifting of the Emergency is a commitment the Government has fulfilled to ensure that the right conditions exist on the ground for national reconciliation.

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Pacific Airlift Rally 2011:

The sky is the limit

PAR 11 will be a golden opportunity to us as well as to the country to boost competency of the operators and to build mutual understanding between regional countries, said SLAF Commander Air Marshall Harsha Abeywickrama at the press conference held prior to the event. As Air Commodore Sumangala Dias of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), who co-ordinated the overall event explained this excercise is aiming at sharpening and expanding the combined air capabilities among the Indo-Pacific nations to effectively deal with the natural disasters in the region.

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