Community-oriented policing: reducing citizens’ fear of crime
Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa recently instructed the Inspector General of
Police to form Special Advisory Committees at Police divisional
level comprising members of civil society in the areas.
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The Human Dimension
What can we learn from Olympic dreams…
All Sri Lankans would have shared the joy of
watching Niluka Karunaratne qualify for Olympics, beating out
competition. Since Susanthika’s momentous victory, we have not
pursued the Olympic dream with the kind of fervour and commitment
due. Yet with Niluka’s achievement, we can be well within the grasp
of an Olympic victory.
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Splendour of Kandy Maha Esala Perahera
The Esala Maha Perahera is the grandest Buddhist
procession in Sri Lanka and the display of the Tooth Relics of the
Buddha while Rio de Janeiro has long been regarded as the Carnival
Capital of the World celebrated by Brazil and other Catholic
countries. Both festivals display most endearing artistic and
cultural events, including traditional dancers in breath-taking
costumes unique to their countries. The Rio carnival, as the name
suggests, is more bent on fun and frolic with erotic dancers dancing
away from their chariots and some on foot to the explosive beat of
drums and deafening music,
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Respecting judicial institutions
Ms. Vivienne Gunewardene who represented the
Borella and North Colombo electorates in Parliament several times,
was a leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as well as of the Left
movement. It was the Left parties that carried out protests and
agitations against the 1977 J.R. Jayewardene government in its
initial stages.
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