Christmas in early Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka too, like in all other countries,
Christmas is joyfully celebrated each year and this celebration of
the birth of Christ is believed to have been held in Sri Lanka from
the time that the Portuguese set foot on our shores when by mere
accident or calculation, Lorenco de Almeida force, landed in the
Galle harbour and then at the Colombo harbour on November 15, 1505.
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Polythene ban and its advantages
For several years there have been several
organisations, NGOs, so called environmentalists and individuals who
have been calling for a partial ban and even a total ban on the
manufacture of polythene materials causing much environmental harm.
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Why international interventionists failed in Sri Lanka
The history of peace-making in Sri Lanka has
consolidated itself into an entirely separate segment in the chain
of bloody events dragged on by the on-again-off-again war waged by
the Tamil Tigers.
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