How the rich can make the planet more sustainable

Millennium Consumption Goals (MCG) could help make our development path more sustainable, by focusing on the 1.4 billion people in the richest 20 percentile of the world’s population.

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Parliament plays most vital and crucial role

Let me thank the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Chairman and the delegates to the Third Asia Regional Conference for having deliberated upon three key themes at the Conference during its two-day sessions.

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Oil drilling to begin on July 1:

Oil exploration on track in Mannar Basin

The oil exploration in the Mannar Basin in the North Western Coast is on track and on schedule. There are positive developments in oil exploration said Director General Dr. Neil de Silva of the Petroleum Resource Development Secretariat (PRDS).

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