Recovery of Asian economies takes shape, uncertainties remain

One year after the financial crisis began to hit the United States and ravage the world economy, Asia’s emerging economies start to rebound faster than expected, and show signs of leading the way out of the slump.

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Childhood memories of Bambalapitiya flats

When we were children we were brought up in a multi-cultural community at Bambalapitiya flats. We had Tamil, Muslim, Malay and Burgher friends with whom we played. Of course sometimes we had disagreements and fought and stopped talking to each other for a while. But we were happy children, never corrupted by the communal feelings which destroyed Sri Lanka.

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Hambantota botanical garden:

A training centre of Botany and flora

Dry zone forest vegetation is one of the fastest disappearing habitats in Sri Lanka and 98 percent of dry zone forest vegetation has been lost within the Hambantota area in the past 30 years. Accordingly, the main purpose of establishing the new garden is to conserve dry and arid zone plants and save them from extinction

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