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    Sri Lanka Genocide

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    The island of Sri Lanka, situated in the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of India, is an exquisitely beautiful and spiritual place. Torture, rape and random killings have been perpetrated by the military and pro-government paramilitaries. Underpinning this war has been Western military aid and political support. This reflects Sri Lanka's strategic significance, but also that the military, political and theocratic elites that rule Sri Lanka maintain Western domination of the economy that still follows

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    using to Deal with them 2.1 Case 01- Energy Sector of Sri Lanka The issues face by Sri Lanka’s energy sector

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    The occurrence of conflict is an issue that societies have faced since the genesis of human beings. Take, for example, the country of Sri Lanka. For years, Sri Lanka has been torn apart by the conflict between the Buddhist Sinhalese, who constitute the majority of the population, and the Hindu Tamil, who are the minority of the population. The country gained independence from the European rule in 1948. Since then, the country became a symbol of economic prosperity, political stability and harmony

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    Tourism sector is one of the major contributors for the Sri Lankan Economy. Since independence, the tourism industry has grown steadily and contributed enormously for the economic development. Sri Lanka has earned $1.8 billion revenue from Travel & Tourism alone. Report shows that it contributed 5.5% in Gross Domestic Products during 2013 and direct employment in tourism sector is doubled within 4 years at the end of conflict (CBSL, 2014). Thirty years armed conflict in the North East region of

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    some services such as health care, utilities, education and law enforcement should be in the public sector to enable greater control and ensure more equitable access. Privatization has been practiced in Sri Lanka since 1989, the points depicted below shows how privatization gradually grew in Sri Lanka- • In 1994 43 companies in the industrial sector and 92 bus depots in public transport sector • In 1997 there were 75 companies privatized including plantation companies, large utility oriented industries

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    economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens” (Holden, n.d.). As a developing South Asian country, Sri Lanka is also trying to adopt IT, and so far, IT industry in Sri Lanka indicates a remarkable development. Techilex Solutions is envisioned to establish in Colombo which is the capital city of Sri Lanka. Techilex Solutions will offer a full range of innovative & creative IT solutions such as high quality software, mobile & web solutions to the local

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    Sri Lanka has a most attractive biodiversity, heritage, culture, environment, wild life & climate for attracting the tourists. Also there is very valuable point in the Sri Lanka which is important to tourism related activity; tourist can travel to any place of Sri Lanka within maximum 24 hours. It is help to increase tourist arrival in Sri Lanka. 2011 Sri Lanka recorded 855,975 arrivals (Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, 2011). After 2009 after the gone 30 years war, Sri Lanka is achieving

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    Sri Lankan Apparel Industry : MAS Holdings Facing The Post MFA Era Prepared By: Sulatha Gengatharan Schulich School of Business York University, Canada April 18, 2009 Executive Summary With the phasing out of the Multi Fiber Agreement[i] in 2005, China & India have bombarded the market with low cost mass produced apparel. Exports from India and China have grown over 100% with the expiration of the MFA whilst other countries such Sri Lanka and Pakistan have seen a loss of market share

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    Opportunities and challenges of Introducing Harley Davidson in Sri Lanka 1.1 Executive Summary This essay aims at presenting Opportunities and challenges of Introducing Harley Davidson in Sri Lanka. It is preeminent clearly to identify who you will be selling the world famous Harley Davidson. Harley Davidson, world stardom for a prestigious and high-quality brand of motorcycles, has been a global presence worldwide. To make an entrance into Sri Lanka, a complete economic and cultural analysis of the country

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    medical and healthcare,electronic devices, construction and furniture.(Tandel 2015). In Sri Lanka, manufacturing of plastic consumer products and packages and industrial polymers is a growing industry that developed over 45 years. Currently there are about 400 companies in Sri Lanka involved in plastic industry. In addition, significant amount of plastic enters to Sri Lanka as imported plastic products and goods. Sri Lanka imports about 500,000 metric tons of virgin plastic in every year according to Central

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