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 A new approach to student issues ( Reflective summary of the editorial published in Sunday Observer on 19.01.2020)

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It is a common knowledge among  Sri Lankans that our university students fight for the rights of the nation. So far their problems were not resolved from the authorities. The previous  governments repeatedly turned a deaf ear and dispersed the rallies with tear gas. But the rally which held in last week was not stopped and the president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa himself met the students and listened to what they had to say. He even promised to do his best to resolve the problems put forth by the students. Because of this peaceful confrontation, no inconvenience was coursed to the public and hardly no one knew there was a rally. He also opened up opportunities to the university qualified students who were unable to attend the higher studies, and also he said that Rs.50 billion which costs for the students who leave for overseas can be diverted for the development and the welfare. It may even be possible for us to start attracting international students to study in Sri Lanka an...

A future-oriented policy statement (Reflective summary of the editorial published in Sunday Observer on 12.01.2020)

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President Gotabhaya rajapakshe's policy statement delivered in parliment on friday consist of his visions of prosperity and splender in undertaking to develop the politics based agendas that have brought divisions in our society in the past. He has stated that developing our human capital as one of the primary responsibilities of the government and it is our most valuable resourse as a nation. He further says that by developing modern methodologies and indicators to find whether the needs of the people are truly being met will ensure that the benigits of development reach every group of people. He emphasises the value of utilizing the opportunities put forth by the 21st century Knowledge Economy for the country's betterment. He says only by safeguarding the security sovereignty and peace of the country our target could be achieved to make the Sri Lanka a developed country. The rapid development of our economy during the period of 2005 to 2014 was due to the development of ...

A call for a thorough inquiry (Reflective summary of the editorial published in Sunday Observer on 5.01.2020)

The tapes of recorded conversations between UNP parlimentarian Ranjan Ramanayake and many individuals including judges, politicians, the police clearly shows how corrupt the judicial system has been. The tapes confirmed what was suspected by the people of this nation. Every single person  who unwittingly incriminated themselves should be subjected to investigation and duly punished. Still it is not clear why he recorded all this conversations as it is unethical and to record without the consent of the other party. There is obviously a lot of political fall-outs. The best thing to come out of all this is the urgent need to reform judivial system. This includes among other things mechanisms to ensure that politician criminals are kept separate this matter brought out and urgent need to script back integrity and ethics into the justice system.