Creative economy - new paradigm for local economy
Sri Lanka has been ranked as the number one
tourist destination by the New York Times in its list of ‘31 Places
to Go in 2010’. Sri Lanka has received another nod as a top travel
destination. National Geographic has listed Sri Lanka second in its
“25 Best New Trips for 2010.”
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Iraqi style destruction of Libya
The NATO military strikes on Libya, claimed to
free Libyans from Gaddafi’s 42-year-long dictatorship, were supposed
to be “humanitarian intervention”. However more than three weeks
later, killing scores of civilians, Gaddafi’s forces continue to
advance forcing revolutionaries to flee for life.
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Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan - 160th birth
anniversary:
National figure with international reputation
Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan was born in 1851, to
a noble and illustrious Tamil family already highly distinguished in
public service. In fact, he qualified as an Advocate at the age of
22,
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Knowledge economy, growth and development: a nexus
The transformation was such that at present, the
services sector has become the highest contributor to the GDP with
58 percent with manufacturing accounting for 30 percent and
agriculture only 12 percent.
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