New era dawns in Sri Lanka :
Budget 2013 will usher in prosperity for all
“I have to briefly comment on the Budget, its
fundamentals and the analyses some people made of the budget during
the debate. During the 2005 Presidential Election campaign, Mahinda
Rajapaksa introduced a vision for building a new Sri Lanka based on
Mahinda Chinthana.
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Sri Lanka looks ahead to winning the peace - Part
2:
Focus on reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction
Minorities have continued to prosper in majority
Sinhala areas of the country, including Colombo. They have their own
schools, businesses and temples. Around 54 percent of Tamils live
among the majority community. Tamils constitute over 40 percent of
the population of Colombo. Some of the leading business houses in
Colombo are minority owned. Many of the leading professionals in
Colombo come from the minority communities and no restrictions exist
on their lives, politically, socially or economically,
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A new year of commitment to progress
In keeping with this admonition when Buddhism
was first introduced to Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has
restored peace across the island nation and set the country on the
path to rapid socio-economic development. President Rajapaksa’s
vision for Sri Lanka is to deliver sustainable peace and prosperity
for all,
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Bribery Commission sees a corrupt-free Sri Lanka:
We are totally independent -Commissioner Wickramaratne
Combating bribery and corruption which is
rampant in the Sri Lankan society at present is vested with the
Commission to Investigate the Allegations of Bribery or corruption.
With the enactment of the Bribery Commission Act in 1994, so far
five Commissions have been appointed for the task and they continue
the process of investigating cases of bribery or corruption to
fulfil the task of creating a country free of bribery and
corruption.
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