Social equity vital for economic progress -President tells SAARC

The issues which call for our attention, particularly in the areas of social justice and climate change, require not further discussion but immediate action, stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his address to the 17th SAARC Summit, held in Addu City of the Maldives. “What is evident around us is a mood of urgency and even impatience.

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Govt will safeguard local, foreign investments - Economic Development Minister

All property included in the Under Performing Enterprises and Underutilised Assets Bill is public property which belongs to the people and not private property, said Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa when the Revival of Under Performing Enterprises and Underutilised Assets Bill was taken up in Parliament.

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Saying it with flowers

A group of foreign nationals who were on their way to Dalada Maligawa Kandy stopped at Peliyagoda and inquired from an elderly woman about a place where they could purchase flowers. As it was a Full Moon Poya Day the woman was clad in pure white. She was proceeding towards Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara to observe sil.

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