SVU of CSD to the fore in post-conflict SL
The role of Sri Lankan women in ending the
separatist war would one day be in the chronicles of history. It was
their encouragement to sons, husbands, brothers and fathers who went
to the forefront where fire met flesh, that mattered most in
converting a losing battle into a victorious one. They were the ones
behind the success accorded to their male counterparts.
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Mayan civilization was wiped out by drought - study
A recent study has suggested that the conditions
caused by a mild drought might have been the reason for the collapse
of the Mayan civilization. The research published in the journal
Nature says a continuous 25 to 40 percent drop in rainfall reduced
water supplies in the homeland of the ancient Maya civilization
located in what is now Southern Mexico and Guatemala.
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The path to economic recovery
Balance of payment difficulties are not uncommon
to most developing nations as they are constantly plagued by issues
such as internal conflicts, poverty support, welfare schemes, debt
repayments, investor withdrawals etc and huge import bills due to
limitation of domestic resources.
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Sri Lanka and the early geneticists
A seminal episode in the history of evolutionary
biology, took place in Sri Lanka, involving my collateral ancestor,
the British geneticist Reginald Crundall Punnett (1875-1967), who
became the first Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics at Cambridge
in 1912.
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