Platform to exchange ideas and discuss common agenda

Arrangements have been finalised to host the 15th World Conference on Youth from May 6 to 9. The inaugural ceremony will be held under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa International Convention Centre. This event will elevate us in the international arena, National Youth Services Council Chairman and Media Coordinator of the World Conference on Youth,

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No one can make us bow down - President Rajapaksa

Excerpts of President Mahinda Rajapaksa's speech at the UPFA May Day rally at Campbell Park, Borella on Thursday.:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday reiterated that the government will not bow down to any pressure and is not prepared to reverse the ongoing efforts to build the country under any circumstances. “We will never bow down and no one can make us bow down,”

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Opinion: Forming a coalition with TNA:

Opposition parties will have to obey Tiger rump

Anyone who intends to have any political alliance with the TNA or meets with the TNA for any political purpose will have to advance the TNA agenda that has been spelt out by the Northern Province Chief Minister. Wigneswaran at a recent meeting of the TNA in Trincomalee had said that the party seeks as a top priority to send the Security Forces out of the Northern Province as “the presence of the Security Forces is a threat to the security of the region and that of India”.

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