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Picture of the Day
by Dominic Sansoni
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Dodanduwa
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LACNET TSUNAMI REHABILITATION PROJECTS
On December 26 of 2004, about 35,000 Sri Lankan lives were lost to one
of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the Asian
tsunami. The enormity of this tragedy generated an outpouring of aid
from the international community. LAcNet collected $129,200 and have
have disbursed $94,371 to seven worthy projects.
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TLA FEATURE CORNER
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TODAY'S FEATURE:
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RETURNED ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE VS ENTRENCHED ACADEMIC MEDIOCRITY
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By Carlo Fonseka, may 13.
At one point in your very perceptive editorial of 10 May titled "Pay them more; make them work harder" you refer to President Mahinda Rajapaksha's appeal to expatriate Sri Lankan experts including academics to return and help develop the country. Then you ask rhetorically: "But who will want to answer his call, return home and settle for a pittance?" Please give me a little space to tell The Island the story of two such persons - Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole and his wife Dr. Dushyanthi Hoole, who answered the President's call and the consequent unhappiness they have had to endure.
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