All set for 17th SAARC Summit in Addu

The 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit that will be inaugurated in Addu Atoll, Maldives this week will ink several deals covering the areas food security, collective response in natural disasters as well as trade, customs and good governance. This year’s summit appropriately titled “Building Bridges” by the host nation, strives to improve communication and collaboration among the eight members of the South Asian grouping namely Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

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D.A. Rajapaksa:

Champion of the people of Ruhuna

I consider it a privilege to pay tribute to the late D.A. Rajapaksa on the occasion of his 44th death anniversary. There are two outstanding qualities that the late Don Alwin (D.A.) Rajapaksa possessed. One was his courage to act according to his convictions and the other was his utter simplicity.

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Pettah, the hub of fruit sellers

At times fruits that come from other countries at cheap rates and also damaged fruits are sold at very cheap rates. This can be clearly seen with the different prices at supermarkets and ordinary fruit stalls in the Pettah”.

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