South Asian countries was established in 1985 in Colombo. It was named “South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)” after dedicating to economic‚ technological and cultural development programs among its member countries which are Sri Lanka‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ Maldives‚ Bhutan‚ Nepal‚ Bangladesh‚ while Afghanistan joined this association later in 2007. Initially SAARC was established to retreat and up hold the peace in the south Asia region and create the opportunities of interaction
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Britain’s holdings on the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in 1947 and 1948‚ becoming four new independent states: India‚ Burma (now Myanmar)‚ Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)‚ and Pakistan (including East Pakistan‚ modern-day Bangladesh). The Indian subcontinent was partitioned into Hindu-dominated but secular India‚ and the Muslim state of Pakistan after attaining independence from Great Britain in August 1947. Unfortunately‚ it was accompanied by the largest mass migration in human history
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specifically in the areas of “Sri Lanka‚ Burma‚ Thailand‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia.”2 Theravada is one of the original sects of Buddhism. Its meaning is the ‘school of the elders‚’ or the ‘teaching of the elders.’ Theravadian Buddhism flourished immensely by the end of the first century‚ “and is today the sole surviving Hinayana sect of Indian Buddhism anywhere.”3 “Theravada uses scriptures recorded in Pali‚ and it was in this language that Buddhism spread from Sri Lanka to surrounding countries.”4 These
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Terrorism‚ as defined in the dictionary‚ is known to be making use of violence‚ intimidation and threats to achieve a certain goal‚ which happens to be of political purposes most of the times. In this essay‚ we’ll look into the different reasons of why people resort to terrorism‚ if it is really the last and best way to achieve what they want. I will also write about the opposing views of seeing terrorists as just terrorists alone‚ or if they are actually freedom fighters. Lastly‚ we will discuss
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Asian nations‚ founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic‚ technological‚ social‚ and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ the Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries‚ twice annually. It is headquartered in Kathmandu‚ Nepal. In the late 1970s‚ SAARC nations agreed upon the
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learned about different cultures and languages in Toronto. Also there lot of places in Toronto for tourists to shop‚ one of the famous and the big and mall is Eaton Center. For example‚ in Toronto you could study as much you can‚ but back home in Sri Lanka we can only study up to certain age. So they could experience themselves in working field. I would like to talk about few spots which are CN Tower and AirCanada
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Fate Fate is often said to prevail in everyone’s life in many different religions in the world. Also known as God’s Will or Heaven Will‚ it is believed to be predestined by an omnipotent creator universal force and is out of an individual’s control. Buddhists believe that our life and its events are not controlled by an external force but is the result of our previous karma. The word Destiny can also be used to explain why some things that will happen to an individual will eventually happen. In other
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The story‚ I‚ Pencil‚ demonstrates many economic principles. Having every part of the pencil made in different areas around the world‚ trees grown in Northern California and Oregon‚ graphite mined from Sri Lanka‚ and a rubber like product for the eraser from Indonesia to name a few‚ illustrates specialization. Each area has comparative advantage for making what they produce. The story also illustrates division of labor. The parts of the pencil are divided among groups of people to make. The people
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just to a certain segment of it. But in the current context‚ this is rarely the case. Even the government is buried under the soil of power‚ money and greed‚ forgetting about all the norms and values of creating equalization among the society. The Sri Lankan Government‚ for example differentiates its ways of treating and benefitting people according to their social classes and mostly with regard to power and money. Here‚ the higher your social class is‚ the higher privilege you will receive‚ and
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What is EEW? The Earthquake Early warning (EEW) will give advanced warning to those who will experience a tsunami. All earthquakes produce a series of different types of shock waves‚ which travel at different speeds and carry different amounts of energy. The fastest shock waves‚ and the first to arrive‚ are called P waves. These travel about twice as fast as the next fastest shock waves and rarely cause any damage. The next shock waves to arrive are called Shear waves (or S waves)‚ followed by
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