New Year Celebrations at Carlton Residence
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Namal Rajapaksa joined in the new year celebrations at his parents home, Carlton. He joined his parents in ushering in the new year and enjoyed the festivities which were celebrated in keeping with the traditional values and practices.
Namal's parents, Presidnet and First Lady lightning the fire for Kiri Ithireema
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New political culture, his aim
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We are publishing excerpts of an interview Namal Rajapaksa gave to Sandasen Marasinghe of The Daily News which was published in The Daily News of 5/04/2010.
“Namal Rajapaksa is the president of the Tharunyata Hetak Organization that attracted thousands of youth from every nook and corner of the country. He is also the chairman of the Nil Balakaya which has over 500,000 member strength to build a better future. His credo in life is to bring peace to Sri Lanka starting with the nation’s youth, instilling patriotism and universal harmony to bring everyone together. He is determined to put aside differences in religion, caste, race, social standing and financial status to strengthen peace and unity in Sri Lanka.”
UPFA registers massive win in Hambantota
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UPFA – 174,808 (62.87%) – 5 Seats
UNP – 83,027 (29.86%) – 2 Seats
DNA – 19,186 (6.9%) – 0 Seats
The members elected from UPFA are Namal Rajapaksa, Mahinda Amaraweera, Chamal Rajapaksa, Nirupama Rajapaksa, V. K. Indika
Namal Victorious!!!
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The people of Hambantota has spoken! They have elected Namal Rajapaksa with the highest number of preferential votes of over 147,000.
Namal has become the youngest member of parliament, feat achieved by his father, President Mahinda Rajapaksa. What is significant in Namal’s victory is that he is currently even younger than his father was, when he was first elected.
Namal would like to thank the voters of Hambantota, those who voted for UPFA and for him. Immaterial of who the voters have voted for, Namal would represent the whole population of Hambantota and would work tirelessly to fulfill his vision for Hambantota and its people!
Economy expands at the fastest pace in 5 qtrs.
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The country’s economy expands at the fastest pace in five quarters as the Government stepped up spending on new roads and ports after the end of the war and the Gross Domestic Product rose 6.2 percent in the three months ending December 31 from a year earlier after gaining 4.2 percent in the previous quarter.
The President has already pledged to spend one Billion Dollars on ports, roads and power plants this year, the Statistics Department sources said.
Nagamu Purawara, sees immense success
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Fifty eight projects launched under the “Nagamu Purawara” program initiated under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s direction had been successfully completed within five weeks at a cost of Rs 8,968,383, Colombo Chief City Administrator Omar Kamil said.
The numbers of people benefited through the projects are 16,078. Around 1,500 under served settlements have been identified by the CMC within the Colombo City limits, he added. He was explaining the progress of “Nagamu Purawara” to the media yesterday.
Nil Balakaya Cricket Wasanthaya 2010 – Hambanthota
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A Cricket Tournament was organized by Nil Balakaya on the 31st March to 1st April 2010 .It was held in the Mandaduwa Ground in Hambanthota. In accordance to a concept of the Head of Nil Balakaya Namal Rajapaksa , it signifies his insight in to the importance of sports to be inculcated in the youth. In which the talents of the southern youth was personified via this event which experienced a spectacular finale.
Many valuable prizes were distributed which included Champions of the tournament – Rs 100,000.00,Runners up – Rs 50,000, Man of the Match Rs 25,000.00,Man of the series Rs 25,000, Semi finals – Rs 10,000, Raffle draw – Lucky Team – Rs 10,000, Mementoes and Certificates.
Hambantota harbour first phase to end by August
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The first phase of the Hambantota harbour construction will be completed by August this year and it will be followed by the process of filling the harbour with sea water and the construction will cost US $360 million, the Minister of Ports and Aviation Chamal Rajapaksa said.
The Ports and Aviation Ministry has scheduled to bring the first ship into the harbour by November.
The Ministry has planned to export local products including sugar,rubber and milk products by the first ship leaving the Hambantota Port, Minister Rajapaksa added.
Haritha Piruna Lowak Tharunyata Hetak Sri Pada Sathkaraya 2010
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Tharunyata Hetak reaches every nook and corner of societical concerns.Environment is indeed a great concern especially with the growing importance of global warming.
In accordance to yet another concept of the Chairman Namal Rajapaksa TH team sets out on a continuing voyage which happens annually. The special significance of the program was that a special team was headed by the Director Environment Uditha Thenuwara.The obejective of the team was that all the waste polythene and plastic items to cleaned which was left in the Uda Malluwa of Sri Padaya and the adjoining roads of Nallathanniya.
An Environmental and Public Relations awareness broadcasting campaign was also carried on from Nallathanniya to Seethagangula.Many copies of the Thunsarana book was also handed out in the process.In addition a special significance was placed on a religious ceremony.We have carried on these activities which we owe to the society for the heritance of the Youth.
Role of youth development – Namal Rajapaksa
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Today’s youth are the leaders of tomorrow. Their role in the development of the country is indispensable. Youth should be provided with opportunities to bring out their talents and make them contribute their part for the country’s development, said Tharunyata Hetak Organization President Namal Rajapaksa.
It is with these objectives that the President initiated the Tharunyata Hetak program, he said. Rajapaksa was addressing a UPFA election rally in Malwana on March 25. The rally was organized by Biyagama SLFP Chief Organizer and Gampaha District UPFA candidate Duleep Wijesekera.
A future leader with a friendly spirit, possessing good values is what comes to mind when meeting the dashing and smashing, young Namal Rajapaksa.