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The Navam Maha Perahera, a colourful and bright pageant, which is held annually in February, displays the rich, religious and cultural tradition of Sri Lanka. Every year in February thousands of people mass the country’s metropolis as the streets of Colombo give way to a grand pageant that combines dance, culture and splendour.

This annual event is one of the most important religious and cultural events in the country. The heavily decorated elephants are the major attractions here with the parades and performances.

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Sri Lanka’s ancient kings left behind one of the world’s best irrigations systems to the country and the colonial rulers built a rail and road network and harbours, mainly focusing on the benefits they will gain.

After Independence, the then Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake redeveloped the irrigation system including the Gal Oya project while a few power generation projects too were carried out from time to time.

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Social responsibility and road discipline play a key role over traffic laws in avoiding road accidents, Consultant Automobile Engineer Lal Alawatte said minutes after the first fatal traffic accident was reported from the Galle-Colombo Expressway on Friday.

With vast experience in the field of motor engineering, Lal Alawatte was interviewed by Sunday Observer last week. The interview was prompted by the disturbing news that Sri Lanka recorded the highest number of road accidents within a period of 24 hours the previous Saturday. Seventeen people were killed in the 15 incidents reported that day.

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The English term Gypsy (or Gipsy) is said to originate from the Greek word for “Egyptian”. The Oxford Dictionary describes `Gypsies’ as a small section of people that belong to a certain race who originally lived in the Asian region.

This tiny race did not have permanent dwellings. Since the world is gradually changing, many families belonging to this group have diminished in number or separated. Most gypsy families are now extinct and minority gypsies are still living in many Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, the Southern India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

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I found that the University has chosen the motto "Vidyaiwa Sarwadhanam – meaning Wisdom is all Wealth". This has an important and powerful message to all the students and faculty members. The study of the website of the University indicates that the University has a vision "To be the most globally recognized Knowledge Enterprise in Asia." I am delighted to address and interact with the Students and Faculty Members of the University of Moratuwa in this beautiful environment of Colombo.

My greetings to all of you. I found that the University has chosen the motto "Vidyaiwa Sarwadhanam – meaning Wisdom is all Wealth". This has an important and powerful message to all the students and faculty members. The study of the website of the University indicates that the University has a vision "To be the most globally recognized Knowledge Enterprise in Asia".

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Development in agriculture showcasedThe ANCL stallA captured LTTE suicide boat on display

More than 500 acres of land bordering the scenic Madawala lake, adjacent to an area that had been haunted by the shadows of terrorism for decades, has been fast transformed into a bustling centre that can mirror Sri Lanka’s future vision when President Mahinda Rajapaksa opened the Deyata Kirula exhibition yesterday as the nation celebrated its 64th Independence Day as a truly independent nation.

Deyata Kirula has truly become a jewel for Oyamaduwa, a hamlet in the Mahawilachchiya Divisional Secretariat Division in Anuradhapura. It was known to many earlier as an area where terror reigned; as a checkpoint for Anuradhapura-bound vehicles and passengers from Vilachchiya and Tanthirimale.

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*Achievements of last three years, greatest since Independence

*Mahinda Chinthana dedicated to protect people’s rights

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Across the country nearly 2.5 million households are saving with the ‘Divi Neguma’ national drive. In addition the Samurdhi Movement generated Rs. 17 billion of compulsory savings, of which Rs. 3 billion is on reserve.

Nearly Rs. 15 billion in voluntary savings are there in over 1,040 Samurdhi Banking Societies functioning throughout the country. These are the most recent achievements of Sri Lanka’s poverty reduction focus.

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Addressing a press conference, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka has experienced rapid economic development during the past few years. Sri Lanka’s paced progress is significant when compared to the developed countries plagued with economic problems.

The original economic prognosis of the International Monetary Fund took a different turn when most countries failed to achieve their set development targets. Significantly in this context, Sri Lanka and only one other Asian country have become exceptions when their economies continued to be on a rapid pace of progress.

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