Sri Lanka, Korea economic cooperation sound
Ties strengthened under President Mahinda
Rajapaksa’s guidance:
Bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and South
Korea dates back to 1968 when South Korea opened a trade mission in
Colombo. These relations further expanded in 1977 when the Republic
of Korea opened its embassy in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in
Japan was concurrently accredited to Seoul in 1978. The first Sri
Lankan resident embassy in Seoul was opened in 1987. Since then the
two countries have continuously developed strong ties in a variety
of fields.
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Dimbola, Dimboola and Baddaginnie
Dimbula, ‘place of the fig trees’, a region now
famous for its high quality teas, got its name from the tea estate
of that name, earlier a coffee plantation. It gave its name to
Kipling’s ‘Ship that found herself’ and to some overseas places, as
well as to a computer programme. The saga begins with Charles Hay
Cameron, born 1795, the son of Charles Cameron, governor of the
Bahama Islands, and Lady Margaret Hay, daughter of the Earl of
Erroll. He went to Eton College and was called to the Bar in 1820.
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NLSB’s 22nd anniversary:
Preserving country’s documentary heritage
National Library of Sri Lanka (NLSB) celebrates
its 22nd anniversary on April 27, 2012. The preliminary activities
for the establishment of the National Library of Sri Lanka were
carried out during 1960s. Various scholars and commissions pointed
out the necessity of establishing a national library for Sri Lanka
during this period. The UNESCO was enthusiastic about establishing
national libraries in countries where such libraries had not been
established. By this time most countries of the world had
established national libraries in their countries.
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Dr Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann’s 257th
birth anniversary:
German physician and founder of Homeopathy
Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann the founder
of the Homoeopathic system of medicine, was born at Melssen in
Saxony, on April 10, 1755. He studied first at the 'elector's
school' of Meissen, and thereafter as a student of medicine at
Leipsic and Vienna. He took the degree of MD at Erlangen in 1779.
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