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Water crisis silently looming
There was less ado in the celebrations of World Water Day here in Sri Lanka. It can be so because there are no immediate plans to liberalize water resources under the current regime, at least for the moment. However, we seemed forgetting several crucial issues related to the water crisis being built up globally. World Water Day is not only to protest but also to raise awareness of the need to protect and improve access to clean water supplies. Mere 2.5% of the water resources available in the world is drinkable
A mass scale robbery of paddy land for Weerawil airport
Reliable sources say that the government is planning to acquire more than 2,000 acres of paddy land for the construction of the proposed Hambantota International Airport despite the availability of a suitable land close by.
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Efforts to trade off land in Eastern Province behind the abrogation of ceasefire
Sri Lanka Government suddenly decided to abrogate the ceasefire agreement (CFA) with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE). This CFA signed in 2002 was actually defunct since President Mahinda Rajapakse came into power in 2005. However, neither party of the CFA pushed to be the first to withdraw from it. The Government's notice to withdraw from the CFA came in an unexpected time and it did not catch much enthusiasm since it was in rags since many months and the war was raging in full throttle.
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  • Sri Lanka discourages rice exports for the use of expatriates
    (JUne 13) Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to a memorandum submitted by Ranjith Siyambalapitiya in his capacity as the Acting Minister of Finance and Planning to issue a Gazette notification specifying the minimum FOB price of a Metric Ton of rice which is being exported, to be Rs. 100,000 with effect from 10.06.2008.
  • Coca-Cola Urged to Close an Indian Plant to Save Water
    NEW DELHI — A leading environmental research group based here has asked Coca-Cola to consider shutting down a bottling plant in the drought-stricken state of Rajasthan, saying that the plant is depleting scarce water supplies. The recommendation came in a report released Monday by the organization, Energy and Resources Institute. The report was commissioned by Coca-Cola in 2006 in response to reports that pesticide residues had been found in its products.
  • Efforts to trade off land in Eastern Province behind the abrogation of ceasefire
    Sri Lanka Government suddenly decided to abrogate the ceasefire agreement (CFA) with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE). This CFA signed in 2002 was actually defunct since President Mahinda Rajapakse came into power in 2005. However, neither party of the CFA pushed to be the first to withdraw from it. The Government's notice to withdraw from the CFA came in an unexpected time and it did not catch much enthusiasm since it was in rags since many months and the war was raging in full throttle.
  • Doctors given a choice - Generic names or jail
    Beginning (January 1) doctors, both in the private and public sectors, will have to prescribe drugs under their generic names and explain to patients the advantages of prescribing drugs under generic names instead of trade names. This regulation is being implemented under the Private Medical Ordinance Act and Government Medical Ordinance Act.

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