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Metsoke Dragot (מצוקי דרגות) Beach by the Dead Sea, located , an oasis where a couple of sweet water springs pour into the DeadThis is a natural beach and there are no facilities, but the sweet water springs can be used for shower after a dip in the Dead Sea.
Sri Lanka is primarily a source, destination, and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. Some Sri Lankan women are subjected to forced prostitution in Cyprus, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and elsewhere. Within the country, women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in ...
The age of consent in Sri Lanka is 16 regardless of gender or sexual orientation. However, girls belonging to Sri Lanka's Moor and Malay minorities representing approximately 10% of the national population are allowed to marry after 12 years of age and below the age of 12 with the approval of the religious leader, Moulavi and either father ...
Seethadevi Girls’ College was established on 18 January 1980 as a primary educational institution for girls with 18 girls at the Pushparama temple situated in Mulgampola in the Kandy district. [1] The school was opened by the governor of the North Central Province, E.L. Senanayaka. After a few years E.L.Senanayaka donated his official ...
Sexual minorities in Sri Lanka have been counted in recent times as consisting of as little as 0.035% of the population to as high as 19.6%. It is likely that there are around 1,100,000 according to current mapping conventions.
The Millennium City Scandal refers to a military scandal that took place within the Millennium City housing scheme, Athurugiriya, Sri Lanka on 2 January 2002. Widespread media coverage and miscommunication between the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the Sri Lanka Police resulted in the exposure of military covert operations units known as the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols of the ...
Content from the United States diplomatic cables leak has depicted Sri Lanka and related subjects extensively. The leak, which began on 28 November 2010, occurred when the website of WikiLeaks—an international new media non-profit organisation that publishes submissions of otherwise unavailable documents from anonymous news sources and news leaks—started to publish classified documents of ...
Pushpadana Girls' College is a Girls' school located in Kandy, Sri Lanka, founded in 1942 by the Sri Pushpadana Society, Kandy. Pushpadana Girls' College is situated within the historical city of Kandy. Pushpadana Girls' College was established to give English education to Buddhist girls.