‘Today’s self-employed, wealth generators of tomorrow’
Sri Lanka is an inland nation of 65,610 square
kilometres and estimated population of 20.869 million, with density
of 333 persons per square kilometre, which is one of the highest in
the world. Sri Lanka's economy has indicated a growth of 8.3 percent
in 2011 compared to 8 percent in 2010.
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Global Warming breaks the ice
In last Saturday’s New York Times, Richard A.
Muller, head of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST)
project, asserted on the basis of his team’s findings that human
emissions are in fact driving climate change.
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Esala Perahera - relevant facts from history
The annual Esala Perahera commences with the
planting of ‘Kap’ or Kapsitaweema as popularly known among the
people, on an auspicious day and time as decided by the astrologers.
It is a traditional custom among the Sinhala Buddhists.
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Bombs and Ombs II
Sri Lankan Police has a vision to work towards a
‘peaceful environment’ and it is ‘committed to uphold and enforce
law and order of the land’. During the British reign, Governor
Fredrick North entrusted the magistrates and Police Judges with the
task of supervising the Police in 1797;
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