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    competitive and strive to higher levels. Sri Lanka a developing nation also needs to compete in this race. Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement is a free trade agreement between India and Sri Lanka which the present government has presented. It has his benefits as well as its disadvantages. One of the key benefits will be that ETCA will provide that framework for deeper economic engagement with India which will open up a larger market for Sri Lankan exporters. This will also

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    Sri Lanka is a country with very rich and vast cultural diversity that located in southern part of the Asia, an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean which is close to south of Indian sub-continent. The country has a very old history, which is dated to 2500years that made Sri Lank very rich in culture. It has a population of around 20 million with various cultures and languages. Sri Lanka was colonised by British, until 1948, for more than 200 years. Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon during the period

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    groups. Europeans were convinced that colonization and enslavement of other societies were justified and as a result imperialism of the western world began and influenced the basis of America. By taking over these new colonies, such as India and Sri Lanka, science was able to develop and incorporate new information on the origins of humanity with respect to the organization of the natural world. Within the beginnings of Western imperialism, America was able to develop and thrive from the influences

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    Sri Lanka is an island nation located off the southern coast of India.The country is bordered by the Indian Ocean and the Palk Strait that separates Sri Lanka from India. It became an independent state in 1948, after gaining its independence from The United Kingdom. The population in Sri Lanka in 2012 was 21,481,334. Slide 3: Sri Lanka is known as the oldest buddhist country, Theravada Buddhism has been the major religion on the island since its introduction in the 3rd century BC by Mahinda and

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    of the Sri Lankan people are using dairy product to get required vitamins and mineral and as well as nutrition meal. The consumption of dairy products has increased dramatically in the 170s when the government adopted open economic policies. Currently Sri Lanka is about 15-20 percent self –sufficient with its milk products, through that level has been achieved mostly with imported milk powder. (N.F.C.Ranaweera, n.d.) Milka is a one of major supplier in the milk powder market in Sri Lanka and it a

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    Globalisation has made up enormously over the last half-century after taking place for hundreds of years. Globalisation development of the increasingly interconnected which results massively increased trade and culture exchange. This production has had an increase of goods and services; the biggest companies are now multinational corporations with subsidiaries in many countries (Bbc.co.uk, 2016). • Globalisation has a greater scale in the international movement of goods and services, economical investment

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    will compare and contrast two Buddhist traditions, the Therevada Buddhism of Sri Lanka, and Mahayana Buddhism of China. Theravada Buddhism can also be characterised as representative of the Southern tradition of Buddhism, whereas Mahayana is of the Eastern tradition. This essay will also address how these particular types of Buddhism developed in their respective countries. Prior to the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka in 247 BCE, the cultural environment was characterised by a mix of indigenous

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    Africa’s top barrier to achieving its status as a major global trading partner continues to be the lack of quality infrastructure. Despite holding 12% of the world’s population, Africa only accounts for 1% of global GDP and 2% of global trade. According to AFR Barometer, only 65% of Africans have access to electricity, 54% to paved roads, 63% to piped water, 93% to cell phone service and only 30% to proper sewage. Considering that poor road, rail and port infrastructure add around 30-40% to goods

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    to make it smoother in case of banking activities. In Sri Lanka, majority of the banks provide internet banking facilities to make

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    Sri Lanka failed to give justice and freedom for the victims of the war. One of the most lasting ethnic conflicts took place in Sri Lanka. The civil war lasted for around 27 years, which finally concluded in 2009. In Sri Lanka, 74% consists of Singhalese and 26% consists of Tamils. Even though the war was declared to be over in 2009, there are still on-going conflicts. From the time Sri Lanka gained its independence, which was in 1848, the Sinhalese population were in power. Successive Sinhalese

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