SRI LANKA: KUMARATUNGA WALKS THE RISKY LANGUAGE TIGHT-ROPE

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 3, 1998 ;     769 words ......importance of a unifying language in Sri Lanka by speaking in English...English has become the language of business ever since Sri Lanka's economic shift...highly-qualified graduates from Sri Lanka's universities who do not speak the language -- one of the ...

Sri Lanka: Chapter 2A. Society and its Environment

Countries of the World;    Peter R. Blood;   787 words ......long have sought Sri Lanka as the source of...Lankan society--language, caste, family structure...stimuli coming to Sri Lanka from all sides...Sinhala (see Glossary) language and practicing a...caste, religion, and language. Because of all...The population of Sri ...

Sri Lanka's violence. (political assassination and terrorism) (Editorial)

The Economist (US);  May 8, 1993 ;     642 words ......themselves apart, Sri Lanka was not artificially...What went wrong? Language, mainly. Short-sight...separate schools for Sri Lanka's different language-groups and establishing...only official language, putting Russians...disadvantage as Sri Lanka once put its...

The History of Sri Lanka

Journal of Third World Studies;  October 1, 2007 ;   Imtiyaz, A R M;   787 words ......that swept the shores of Sri Lanka on December 26,2004 killing...events and activities of Sri Lanka dating from the early...tensions. However, colonial Sri Lanka proved otherwise, particularly...observations on post-independence Sri Lanka help readers understand...can ...

China becomes Sri Lanka's second largest tourists-source-market in NE Asia

Xinhua News Agency;  November 29, 2005 ;     184 words ......report released here by the Sri Lanka Tourism Bureau said from January to October, Sri Lanka has received over 6,600...had 13,341 tourists in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is among the first group...market supervisor of the Sri Lanka Tourism Bureau said in Shanghai ...

Sri Lanka's real record.(LETTERS)

The Washington Times;  February 1, 2008 ;     382 words ......forth from India to Sri Lanka similar to the migrant...since India and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) were...Upon independence, Sri Lanka had to define its...the governments of Sri Lanka and India resulted...full citizenship in Sri Lanka, and others being so ...

Area residents await word from Sri Lanka.(NATION)

The Washington Times;  December 28, 2004 ;     787 words ......THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rizwan Mowlana, a native of Sri Lanka, received a call in his Silver Spring home early...nerve-racking hours trying to get through to relatives in Sri Lanka, but the lines were jammed. He eventually reached...has set up a relief fund to send provisions to Sri ...

CHRISTIAN-BUDDHIST CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA

United Press International;  August 2, 2001 ;     787 words ......apostle Thomas visited Sri Lanka India and founded a congregation...predominant denomination in Sri Lanka, where between 8 and 10...Religion Today news service, Sri Lanka's Buddhist clergy have...foreign missionaries in Sri Lanka." "The monks say about...Tamils ...

SRI LANKA: VOICELESS, ETHNIC GROUPS FADE INTO OBLIVION

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  January 8, 1999 ;   Feizal Samath;   787 words ......Wire 01-08-1999 PUTTALAM, Sri Lanka, Jan. 8 (IPS) -- Like many of Sri Lanka's small ethnic groups...don't even know their language, which is similar to Portuguese...culturally they are swamped by Sri Lanka's main community. "It...introduced the religion in Sri ...

VOA NEWS: SRI LANKA AIMS TO MEET ASIA'S DEMAND FOR TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2008 ;     631 words ......By Ron Corben Sri Lanka hopes to take advantage...institute, says language courses are key...even the English language course. All this...Senanayake is the Sri Lanka country chief for...institution in Sri Lanka. So I think it...opportune time in Sri ...

AID FOR SRI LANKA A GEOPOLITICAL GAME.(Editorial)(Column)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 4, 2005 ;     686 words ......in the disaster, moved quickly to send help to Sri Lanka and others. Close to 1,000 Indian military personnel...Indian Air Force helicopters have been deployed to Sri Lanka by its giant northern neighbor. The ships were...neighbors. Loganathan noted that in May 2003, when Sri Lanka's ...

Tropical Pioneers: Human Agency and Ecological Change in the Highlands of...

Environmental History;  April 1, 2003 ;   Everett, Yvonne;   598 words ......Change in the Highlands of Sri Lanka 1800-1900. By James L. A...maps, notes, index. $55.00. Sri Lanka, the ecologically and culturally...had taken control of the Sri Lanka lowlands from the Dutch...The author gleans from Sri Lanka's rich English language ...

STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON SRI LANKA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 1, 2006 ;     787 words ......Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka GEOGRAPHY Area: 65...mountains in south-central Sri Lanka rise to more than...and Christianity. Languages: Sinhala and Tamil...Jathika Hela Urumaya, Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Tamil...Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known ...

Microsoft to open office in Sri Lanka

AP Worldstream;  December 5, 2003 ;     175 words ...AP Worldstream 12-05-2003 Dateline: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will set up a unit in Sri Lanka this year in a move likely to give the country's young...technology sector a boost. "We plan to open a subsidiary in Sri Lanka by the end of December," Faycal ...

Sri Lanka hit by floods, one dead, 133,000 displaced

AP Worldstream;  December 15, 2004 ;     167 words ......12-15-2004 Dateline: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka A police constable was swept...homes in eastern and northern Sri Lanka, an official and news reports...Ampara districts in eastern Sri Lanka have sought refuge in schools...Ampara district, the Tamil-language newspaper Virakesari ...