Srilankan President praises the role of the national radio

President Mahinda Rajapakse appreciates the media role of the national radio in the humanitarian operation to defeat terrorism. The president points out the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation has rendered an immense service with a true feeling in performing its duties to enlighten the masses on all issues relating to the humanitarian mission. President Rajapakse adds that the responsibility in disseminating correct information regarding development programmes of the government for the people liberated from terrorists in the Northern Province is also entrusted upon the national radio. The president made these remarks when staff of the Tamil Service of the SLBC handed him over a CD disk containing songs of greetings at the Temple Trees this afternoon. The president was also presented with a CD disk of a Tamil translation of the speech made by the president at the opening of the parliamentary session.

(Source : Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation)