Wimalaratana, Wijitapura(University of Colombo, 2010)
Sri Lanka had a rural sector dominated economy before the socioeconomic transformation
under the British rule. It mainly rotated around the subsistence economy consisting of rice
cultivation, home gardening and shifting ...
De Silva, W. Indralal(University of Colombo, 2010)
The general objective of this study is to elucidate the level of computer literacy and
exposure to the internet among Sri Lankan youth (aged 15-29) based on their main
activity, namely- student, employed, unemployed and ...
Martha Nussbaum1
, argues that we are in the midst of a global crisis in education that
threatens the stability of democracies. Globally, education systems are increasingly
adopting a model of “education for growth” in ...
Wimalaratana, Wijitapura(University of Colombo, 2010)
Sri Lanka had a rural sector dominated economy before the socioeconomic transformation
under the British rule. It mainly rotated around the subsistence economy consisting of rice
cultivation, home gardening and shifting ...
De Silva, W. Indralal(University of Colombo, 2010)
The general objective of this study is to elucidate the level of computer literacy and
exposure to the internet among Sri Lankan youth (aged 15-29) based on their main
activity, namely- student, employed, unemployed and ...
Martha Nussbaum1
, argues that we are in the midst of a global crisis in education that
threatens the stability of democracies. Globally, education systems are increasingly
adopting a model of “education for growth” in ...
Ranasinghe, Seuwandhi B.(University of Colombo, 2010)
Are there paradigmatic revolutions in the progression of social sciences or is it merely an
evolutionary process? According to Popper, advancement of science occurs by
falsification of existing theories (Di´ez, 2007). ...
Ranasinghe, Seuwandhi B.(University of Colombo, 2010)
Employees in all over the world are exposed to many types of privacy-invasive monitoring
while earning a living. These include closed-circuit video monitoring, Internet monitoring
and filtering, E-mail monitoring, instant ...
Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai(University of Colombo, 2010)
In the past three decades a number of developing countries have experienced major
episodes of financial crises that were brought in by unsustainable fiscal deficits. As in the
case of a number of other developing countries, ...
Dissanayake, D.M. Karunadasa(University of Colombo, 2010)
Rice was the staple diet of Sri Lankans from the earliest historical times. Non perennial
streams flowing across the North-western and South-eastern plains in the Dry Zone were
harnessed by building hydraulic structures ...
The term ‘Propaganda’ originates with the Roman Catholic Congregation for the propagation of
faith established by the Catholic Church in 1622. The term was largely brought about by its
popularization during wars - ...
Aluthge, Chandana; Liyanaarachchi, Susantha(University of Colombo, 2010)
According to economic theory there are two important factors that cause inflation.
Inflation can be due to an increase in total spending or aggregate demand. This is often
expressed as ‘too much money chasing too few ...
Attanayake, Asantha U.(University of Colombo, 2010)
Nativization of English has many facets in it. Among the aspects of the Sri Lankanness in
English such as morphological, syntactic and semantics discourses, the phonological aspect is the
most common and widely discussed ...
Sri Lanka’s postcolonial history is unique amongst South Asian countries in that Sri Lanka
has not seen a major flight of people leaving rural villages to settle in urban centers.
Today, 85% of the population lives outside ...
Piyadasa, Ranjana U. K.(University of Colombo, 2010)
Sand is an essential element of construction and has direct and indirect impacts on a
country’s development processes. The sustainable use of sand resources is important to
maintain natural ecosystems and support overall ...
Widyalankara, Anuththaradevi(University of Colombo, 2010)
Buildings are not just material objects, but as Anthony D. King says, “buildings indeed,
the entire built environment, are essentially social and cultural products” (King, 1982:01).
Generally buildings result in social ...
Tantrigoda, Pavithra; de Silva, Esther Surenthiraraj(University of Colombo, 2010)
This paper will examine the notion of "critical border thinking" and its significance for
postcolonial societies such as Sri Lanka. Further, it will explore the role of 'languaging' in
relation to "critical border ...
Kulatunga, Sasini T.K.(University of Colombo, 2010)
After 26 years of civil war Sri Lanka is coming to grips with the untried realities of
sustainable peace. With the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the end of
the war in May 2009, Sri Lanka is heading ...