large part on the shoulders of women. The Sri Lankan economy’s main foreign exchange earners used to be tea‚ rubber and coconut cultivation for export. Apart from these commercial crops‚ paddy (rice) cultivation has been the mainstay of the rural economy. Women’s labour plays an important role here‚ but in most instances is not taken into account. The traditional economic pattern has completely changed during the last 10-15 years. Remittances from Sri Lankans employed in the Middle Eastern countries
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It is a well-known fact that Sri Lankans life style has been drastically changed recently. Health department’s researches corroborate the above. As result of the change of life style people have unknowingly neglected the value of balance‚ nutritious diet and they have forgotten the importance of the schedule of daily exercises that enables to keep a healthy body. I do say‚ people both rich and poor are unaware of the values of three main meals. Particularly‚ rich people tend to consume instant foods
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Executive Summary Sri Lanka is an island with a rich cultural heritage‚ diverse landscapes‚ and a significant number of wildlife reserves. Today after three decades of ethnic unrest‚ tourist activities in Sri Lanka have shown promising signs of recovery‚ by becoming the fourth largest foreign exchange earner in Sri Lanka and contribute significantly to the economic growth and development of the country. Sri Lanka has immense growth potential in this industry if the correct blend can be presented
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The worldly-wise in Sri Lanka too‚ when called upon to describe the current turmoil in their island nation‚ do so by calling it an interethnic conflict. They may refine this bit of fundamental information by adding Sinhala is a language that belongs to the Indo-Aryan family of languages‚ its speakers‚ mostly Buddhists‚ making up the island’s majority; Tamil is a language belonging to the Dravidian family of language and is spoken by the island’s most populous minority‚ who are most likely to be Hindus
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Sandip Kumar Kundu (Student Id: P000099745) Word Count: 4300 International Business Experience (BA 670) Introduction: The end of Sri Lanka’s long-running civil war in May 2009 and prevalence of peace for more than four years has given a new rays of hope to usher an era of sustained positive growth and economic development. Sri Lanka can still be a difficult place to business due to poor infrastructure‚ corruption and erratic policy environment‚ but the geographical natural location
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lawyers. They have dreams of their own and being a grape farmer is hardly one of them” For thirty long years Sri Lanka was torn apart by a malevolent war between the country’s majority and minority; a war that not only claimed the lives of many‚ soldiers and civilians alike‚ but also destroyed much property and dammed the country’s growth in uncountable ways. The whole of Sri Lanka grieved as one at all that was lost but it would not be incorrect to say that it was the north that suffered the
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1. Introduction of tea industry : * Historical Background: Tea was introduced to Sri Lanka after coffee was destroyed by Coffee Leaf Rust in the 19th century. James Taylor‚ a Scottish planter‚ established the first commercial tea plantation in 1867 at Loolkandura Estate in Kandy District of Sri Lanka. The great success of tea planting attracted English planters and more plantations were established‚ replacing existed coffee fields. Subsequently‚ as the coffee area was not big enough to
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Introduction A business also called a company‚ enterprise or firm is a legally recognized organization‚ designed to provide goods and services to consumers. According to the purpose of the business‚ ownership of the business and nature of economic contribution of the business; the business can fall into one of the three standard sectors. There are; private sector‚ public sector and nonprofit sector. The part of the economy concerned with providing basic government services is called public
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Introduction Overview of Garment industry in Sri Lanka Garment industry has an important place in Sri Lanka’s economy. It has become Sri Lanka’s largest export industry since 1986. It is also the country’s largest net foreign exchange earner since 1992. The garment industry in Sri Lanka expanded rapidly after the liberalization of the economy in 1977. During the 1990s‚ the garment industry grew at 18.5 per cent per annum. The export-led expansion of the industry led to the replacement of tea by
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The Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) founded in 1995 had been working exclusively in Sri Lanka to protect native species while aiding the social development of the Sri Lankan people. Headed by Ravi Corea‚ president‚ and Chandeep Corea‚ projects director‚ the SLWCS began its first major project in 1998 — an innovative electric fence designed to resolve conflicts between the native villagers and the elephants in Sri Lanka and protect the surrounding forests. The idea was to fence off
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