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Central Bank bomb blast:
Remembering that fateful day 18 years ago
The popular television show ‘Ata Pattama’
recently featured Vietnam and the infamous ‘Chu Chu’ tunnels and
described how the Vietnamese dug underground tunnels to travel over
100 kilometres in a bid to fight the Americans who had invaded their
country.
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January 31, 1996 - the darkest day
Amidst the heat of terrorist threats, Sri
Lankans warmly celebrated the dawn of 1996, not expecting the month
to end with a landmark tragedy. Except for the perpetrators, no sane
person would have thought that a truck loaded with explosives, would
destroy the Central Bank of the country, robbing hundreds of
innocent lives and causing irretrievable damage to the Sri Lankan
economy.
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Independence of 1948 resurrected and revived
"We must work as a community to ensure that
everyone, not just a privileged few, get the collective ability to
further the individual's interests. The governing idea of modern
social democracy is founded on the principles of social justice."
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