Making the vision a reality
The Government of Sri Lanka is mindful of the nexus between
peace and security, humanitarian affairs and human rights. I am of the
firm conviction that the protection and promotion of human rights is a
pre-condition for human security in our country; only then can
sustainable peace be achieved.
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Tourism:
Promotional activities needed
Tourist arrivals into the country reached
559,603 in the year 2006 with a percentage increase of 1.9% compared
to year 2005 which recorded 549,308 as total arrivals for that year.
However, year 2004 still stands as the year which recorded the
highest ever arrivals to the country in the history of tourism which
was 566,202.
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Is it extinction of the Sri Lanka Burgher community?
A commentary on the Burgher birthrate:
Burghers marry later than other Sri Lankans with
the greatest disparities occurring in the age group between
twenty-five and thirty-four. For Burgher women in particular, late
marriage means lower rates of fertility compared with other Sri
Lankan women.
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Wikkramasinha’s The Cobra: an interpretation
The poem The Cobra by Lakdasa Wikkramasinha,
which is prescribed for the subject of English at the G.C.E. A/L
Examination, is not only widely anthologised; it is widely
misinterpreted by students, teachers and critics.
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