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Sri Lanka at a Glance

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Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Government type: Republic Location: Latitude 5° 55. to 9° 50. north, longitude 79° 42. to 81° 52., 650km north of the equator Dimensions: 430km north to south, 225km east to west Coastline: 1,340km Area: 65,525km Currency (code): Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) Independence: 4 February 1948 Administrative capital: Sri Jayewardenepura Commercial capital: Colombo Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western, Eastern Province. Climate: Typically tropical, with a northeast monsoon (December to March) bringing unsettled weather to the north and east, and a southwest monsoon (June to October) bringing bad weather to the south and west Terrain: Mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior Highest mountain: Pidurutalagala, 2,524m Highest waterfall: Bambarakanda, 263m National...

Independence Day - Sri Lanka

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4th February 1948 Sri Lanka's Independence Day (Sinhala:නිදහස් දිනය,Tamil: சுதந்திர தினம்/விடுதலை நாள்) is celebrated on February 4 to commemorate its internal political independence from British rule on that day in 1948. The day is a national holiday in Sri Lanka. It is celebrated all over the country through flag-hoisting ceremony, dances, parades and performances. Usually, the main celebration takes place in Colombo , where the President raises the national flag and delivers a nationally televised speech. Many national struggles were made in the history of Sri Lanka. And on the independence day all of these are remembered and celebrated. But the freedom struggle made against the British is especially recalled. In the President's speech, he highlights the achievements of the government during the past year, raises important issues and gives a call for further development. The President also pays tribute to the patriots and national heroes of Sri Lanka, observes two mi...

Visit Sri Lanka 2011 Intro

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Refreshingly Sri Lanka Visit 2011 Intro Seductive beaches and tempting water sports, magnificent landscapes featuring lazy lagoons, fertile wetlands, ecologically-wondrous types of forest, imposing mountains, bounteous rivers and waterfalls, an abundance of wildlife - much of it endemic - unique ecosystems, inspiring heritage sites from ancient cities to colonial forts, a vibrant culture including fine arts and crafts and grand festivals, and a people of diverse ethnicity and religious persuasion, charming and hospitable. Contemporary tourist attractions such as luxurious Ayurveda spas and broad-based shopping opportunities have evolved, and Sri Lanka has become one of the world's most popular destinations to get married and enjoy a honeymoon.

Visit Sri Lanka 2011

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Refreshingly Sri Lanka Visit 2011 Seductive beaches and tempting water sports, magnificent landscapes featuring lazy lagoons, fertile wetlands, ecologically-wondrous types of forest, imposing mountains, bounteous rivers and waterfalls, an abundance of wildlife - much of it endemic - unique ecosystems, inspiring heritage sites from ancient cities to colonial forts, a vibrant culture including fine arts and crafts and grand festivals, and a people of diverse ethnicity and religious persuasion, charming and hospitable. Contemporary tourist attractions such as luxurious Ayurveda spas and broad-based shopping opportunities have evolved, and Sri Lanka has become one of the world's most popular destinations to get married and enjoy a honeymoon.

" Happy B'day Google " (Google's 12th Birthday)

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  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, FWB: GGQ1) is a multinational public cloud computing, Internet search, and advertising technologies corporation. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program. The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, often dubbed the "Google Guys", while the two were attending Stanford University as Ph.D. candidates. It was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998, and its initial public offering followed on August 19, 2004. The company's stated mission from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", and the company's unofficial slogan – coined by Google engineer Paul Buchheit – is Don't be evil. In 2006, the company moved to their current headquarters in Mountain View, California. [Google's original homepage had a simple des...

World without Engineers

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Railway Stations from Vauniya to Jaffna. How they look like now……..

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යාපනය දුම්රිය ස්ථානය යාපනය දුම්රිය නිවාස චාවකච්චේරි දුම්රිය ස්ථානය චුන්නාකම් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය අලිමන්කඩ දුම්රිය ස්ථානය එලුතුමාතිවල් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය ඉනුවිල් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය කන්කසන්තුරේ දුම්රිය ස්ථානය කන්කසන්තුරේ දුම්රිය ස්ථානයේ දුම්රිය එන්ජින් හැරවීමට යොදාගන්නා ලද පාලම . (Turn Table) කිලිනොච්චි දුම්රිය ස්ථානය කොඩිකාමන් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය කොකුවිල් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය කොන්ඩාවිල් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය මල්ලකාම් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය මාන්කුලම් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය මාවිත්තපුරම් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය මීසාලෙයි දුම්රිය ස්ථානය මයිරාසවිල් දුම්රිය ස්ථානය මුරුකක්ඩි දුම්රිය ස්ථානය මුරුක්කන්ඩි දුම්රිය ස්ථානය ...