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Badulla (Sri Lanka)

Type: City

Name: Badulla (Sri Lanka)

Country: Sri Lanka

Latitude: 6.99

Longitude: 81.050003

population: 42,237

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

CASL rewards high achievers

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) awarded 42 high achieving students from across the country with scholarships to follow the institute's globally recognised chartered accountancy qualification.Twelve students were awarded ... [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Kandy (Sri Lanka), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Kalutara (Sri Lanka), Badulla (Sri Lanka)

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Maithripala Sirisena

Chronic kidney disease spreading to rest of country

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that the chronic kidney disease once confined to the North-Central province, Kurunegala and Badulla districts had now spread to the Hambantota and Amapara districts. Medical experts were of the view that the disease ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Chronic Renal Failure, Agrochemical, Badulla (Sri Lanka), Maithripala Sirisena

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 2 reports

Mahinda Rajapakse

Let's develop nation with dedication-President

(Colombo-Lankapuvath) All should be dedicated to build a developed nation for the sake of unborn generations of Sri Lanka, stated the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa.President Rajapaksa thus stated the significance of the unity of the nation at the felicitation ... [Published Lankapuvath - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Mahinda Rajapakse, Nimal Siripala De Silva, Badulla (Sri Lanka)

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

Expressions

It was Francis Bacon who said, “Reading maketh a full man.”When we read, we can improve our reading skills and spelling. We can also increase our vocabulary tremendously.When we read we come across new words. We should learn them.Reading also helps us ... [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Wattala (Sri Lanka), Kandy (Sri Lanka), Pollution, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

Reminiscences of a former teacher

by I wish to record my appreciation of his services to the country during his political career of 30 years. My links with Nimal go back to the time when he was a student of mine at Dharmadutha College. Even then, it struck me that here was a young boy ... [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Badulla (Sri Lanka), Leadership, Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center warns of landslides in several areas

* Jun 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center announced that a number of areas in the country are under threat of landslides.Media spokesman of the Disaster Management Center Lal Sarath Kumara said that the landslide threat is high in certain ... [Published Colombo Page - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Disaster Management, Landslide, Sri Lanka

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Most accidents occur on six arterial roads

Motorists have been warned to take extra care when driving on six main roads in the country as they have accounted for the highest number of accidents.The Health Ministry revealed yesterday that the highest number of traffic accidents reported had occured ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 28 2013]

Entities: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), Badulla (Sri Lanka), Ratnapura (Sri Lanka), Kurunegala (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

The Sri Lanka Railway

The Sri Lanka Railway, originally known as the Ceylon Government Railways, was conceived in the 1850s as an instrument to develop and unify Sri Lanka. The railway service began operations in 1864, with the construction of the Main Line from Colombo to ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 25 2013]

Entities: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka, Badulla (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Waterfalls in Sri Lanka

Bomburu Ella - Badulla district The beautiful Bomburu Ella waterfall is in the Uva - Paranagama provincial division in the Badulla District. Bpmburu Ella waterfall's height is about 50m. Some people have identified the waterfall as Perawella falls but ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 25 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Brahmana, Badulla (Sri Lanka), Nuwara Eliya (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Hollins Technology College in Accrington awarded international school status

The Hollins Technology College in AccringtonA SECONDARY school has been awarded international school status.The Hollins Technology College, in Accrington, has forged partnerships with schools such as one in Badulla, Sri Lanka.The pupils share work with ... [Published Lancashire Telegraph - May 22 2013]

Entities: Badulla (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka

First reported Feb 15 2013 - Updated Feb 16 2013 - 1 reports

Civil Society Organisations Condemn Anti Muslim Rhetoric and Attacks in Sri Lanka

In recent months there has been an increased outpouring of virulent anti-Muslim sentiment by persons claiming to speak for all Sinhala Buddhists. Organized groups led by Buddhist monks have held public meetings, distributed pamphlets, and made press ... [Published groundviews - Feb 15 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Anti-Muslim, Civil Society Organisations, Badulla (Sri Lanka), Buddhism

First reported Jan 30 2013 - Updated Jan 30 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka: UNDP and UNHCR handover fifteen motorbikes to the Human Rights Commission

Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: Sri Lanka Colombo, January 28, 2013. UNDP and UNHCR handed over fifteen motorbikes to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) on Monday to facilitate the work of their staff, at the central and regional level, to address ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 30 2013]

Entities: United Nations Development Programme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., Human Rights Commission, Handover, Sri Lanka

Quotes

" The professor said that men were more likely to commit suicide. “Statistics show that more married men have committed suicide (75 percent) than married women (62 percent),” he said. Poverty and the additional economic burden he said were the main reasons "

Suicide in Sri Lanka Attempts increase while deaths decrease [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - Jun 10 2013]

"We don't want people to stop eating rice but we just want the rice to be freefree of toxic substances" the newspaper quoted De Silva as saying

Sri Lanka rice second highest for toxic metal in 12-nation study: report [Published World-Grain.com - Jun 10 2013]

...He said that the scholarships are awarded from the CA Sri Lanka Scholarship Foundation which was launched in 2010 and is chaired by B R L Fernando. "The annual scholarship program is a part of our Institute's corporate social responsibility initiative" Rajapakse said...

CASL rewards high achievers [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 09 2013]

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Suicide in Sri Lanka Attempts increase while de... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - Jun 10 2013]
Sri Lanka rice second highest for toxic metal i... [Published World-Grain.com - Jun 10 2013]
CASL rewards high achievers [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 09 2013]
Cabinet decisions 6.6.2013 [Published Lankapuvath - Jun 06 2013]
Chronic kidney disease spreading to rest of cou... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 03 2013]
Let's develop nation with dedication-President [Published Lankapuvath - Jun 03 2013]
Felicitation for 30 years of political life of ... [Published Asian Tribune - Jun 03 2013]
Expressions [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 02 2013]
Reminiscences of a former teacher [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 02 2013]
Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center warns of... [Published Colombo Page - Jun 01 2013]
Most accidents occur on six arterial roads [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 28 2013]
The Sri Lanka Railway [Published Sunday Observer - May 25 2013]
Waterfalls in Sri Lanka [Published Sunday Observer - May 25 2013]
The Hollins Technology College in Accrington aw... [Published Lancashire Telegraph - May 22 2013]
Freedom of assembly in post-war Sri Lanka [Published groundviews - May 16 2013]
Civil Society Organisations Condemn Anti Muslim... [Published groundviews - Feb 15 2013]
“Building the base”: An interview w... [Published groundviews - Feb 14 2013]
Sri Lanka: UNDP and UNHCR handover fifteen moto... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 30 2013]
Sri Lanka: Econ.Ministry’s flood relief operati... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 10 2013]
Thousands affected by floods in Sri Lanka [Published World Socialist Web Site - Dec 22 2012]

Blogs

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Freedom of assembly in post-war Sri Lanka [Published groundviews - May 16 2013] Sandya Ekneligoda, wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, center, speaks to reporters during a protest rally out side the parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Relatives, colleagues and opposition activists staged ...
Civil Society Organisations Condemn Anti Muslim... [Published groundviews - Feb 15 2013] In recent months there has been an increased outpouring of virulent anti-Muslim sentiment by persons claiming to speak for all Sinhala Buddhists. Organized groups led by Buddhist monks have held public meetings, distributed pamphlets, and made press ...
“Building the base”: An interview w... [Published groundviews - Feb 14 2013] Sunila, how do you look at Sri Lanka today? There are different interpretations ranging from a constitutional dictatorship to clan- run ‘deep state’? And you have decades of human rights activism behind you; you have been to the Geneva Human ...