Keppapilavu, a model of rural development
Just 200 metres from the village of Keppapilavu
lies the historic Nanthikadal lagoon. The villagers from this area
were the last batch to come from welfare centres set up for
displaced persons in Cheddikulam, Vavuniya so they attracted a lot
of attention. Today, this developing village has become a model of
rural development, not only to the Maritimepattu DS Division to
which it belongs in the Mullaitivu district, but to the entire
country.
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No major impact of Resolution:
Govt committed to reconciliation, development - Minister Samarasinghe
The Sunday Observer conducted an email interview
with Leader of the Sri Lanka Team to Geneva, President’s Special
Envoy on Human Rights, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe soon after the
22nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council ended on Friday.
The Minister answered our questions, explaining the outcome of the
US Resolution against Sri Lanka, minutes before he departed Geneva
for another engagement.
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Development of Town Hall Square, Viharamahadevi
Park under MCUDP:
Bringing city's beauty closer to people
People who used to visit the Colombo City on a
daily basis and accustomed to viewing the nearly 100-year-old
colonial type Town Hall building in the heart of the city with its
surrounding fences, the lawn and adjoining Viharamahadevi Park today
see it with demolished fences, a ground filled with soil and dead
grass and a lot of other activities that are taking place in and
around that area.
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