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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (front) observes troops at a Colombo Victory Day parade on May 18th, marking the fourth anniversary of the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent Human Rights Watch report says Rajapaksa's government failed to investigate war crimes allegedly committed by both sides. [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (front) observes troops at a Colombo Victory Day parade on May 18th, marking the fourth anniversary of the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent Human Rights Watch report says Rajapaksa's government failed to investigate war crimes allegedly committed by both sides. [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]

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Shoppers buy vegetables in Muslim-majority Srinagar. The Indian government has pledged significantly higher allocation in the upcoming fiscal year to help improve conditions for the Muslim community, plagued by high unemployment and poverty. [Rouf Bhat/AFP]

To lift impoverished Muslims, India commits hefty sums

The government plans to spend trillions of rupees to address the rampant unemployment and inequity affecting the minority community. But Muslim leaders advocate more focus on modern education rather than seminaries.

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Bangladeshi rescue personnel carry stretchers with the remains of garment workers from the site of a collapsed building in Savar on May 9th. With a death toll of at least 1,127 workers, the April 24th collapse ranks as the world's worst industrial disaster in recent history. [AFP]

Amid tragedy, Bangladesh seeks to make garment factories safer

More than a thousand died in a catastrophe that highlighted pervasive safety risks and poor working conditions in the country's largest export sector, seen as vital for the its economic development.

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Following a public outcry, the Indian government has pledged to examine penalties for violent crimes against women. Do recent legislative initiatives go far enough in addressing these crimes?

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Here, Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen (centre) and Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda (right) open the 2013 Jaffna International Trade Fair on January 18th, aiming to inject more energy into the economic revival taking place in the former war zone. [Photos by Nilupul Perera/Khabar]

New infrastructure projects boost Sri Lankan economy

Since the end of its civil war in 2009, Sri Lanka and other nations have invested heavily in repairing the country's economy and infrastructure. In 2011 and 2012, Sri Lanka posted the highest economic growth rate of any country in South Asia.

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