Sri Lanka celebrates Independence day today. This file pic shows the formal ceremony marking the start of self rule in Sri Lanka, with the opening of the first parliament at Independence Square by HRH Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in the presence of D.S. Senanayake, the first Prime Minister of the then Ceylon.
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Not only the security barriers on the roads, we will remove those barriers that obstruct our economic development. The nation war on attention all these time and now we will make the people at east, President Mahinda Rajapaksa says, addressing the nation at the 62nd independence day celebrations in Kandy.
Speaking in Tamil, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the politicians should not lead the masses in the wrong direction. Dividing politics is not necessary now. All races should get together and work towards development.
Addressing the nation at the 62nd independence day celebrations in Kandy, President Rajapaksa said that he had always put country first when he took decisions, from waging war against separatists to obtaining foreign aid or loans to maintaining cordial relations with foreign countries.
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