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Grama Niladhari (English: village leader, [1] Sinhala: ග්රාම නිලධාරී) is a Sri Lankan public official appointed by the central government by the act No.2 of 1993. [2] Grama Niladhari (GN) are entrusted with multifaceted duties and responsibilities under as 46 legislative enactments [ 3 ] [ 4 ] of Sri Lanka.
July 1987, Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed and Sri Lanka Army withdrew from the village and people from the village return to the village after about two month displacement. May–June 1987, Sri Lanka Army advanced from Palaly military base and captured the village resulting in total displacement of the villagers except one family.
Velanai (Tamil: வேலணை; Sinhala: වේලනෛයි) is a small village in Velanai Island, off the coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in the north of Sri Lanka. [1] [2] The majority of the people are Hindus along with a minority of Christians. There are number of Hindu temples along with churches and schools.
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Baron writing in the Village Voice felt that although M.I.A.'s bloodline, politics and grievance meant that she was more informed than most and gave her "every right to be a partisan and were reason for caution," he praised her efforts for leading thousands of American writers including himself to know of the situation in Sri Lanka as ...
Meemure is a village with a population of about 420 people living in it [1] It is located near the border between Kandy District and Matale District in the Knuckles Mountain Range. Meemure is one of the most remote villages in Sri Lanka with the only access via a 14 km (8.7 mi) trail from the town of Loolwatte . [ 2 ]
Virakesari is one of the leading Tamil daily newspapers in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest and the largest circulated Tamil Newspaper in Sri Lanka . Virakesari is owned by Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Private) Limited, a leading print and web media organization in Sri Lanka .
History of Sri Lanka: From Earliest Times Up to the Sixteenth Century. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4. Yogasundaram, Nath (2006). A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami. Vijitha Yapa Publishers. ISBN 978-955-665-002-0. Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka. Greenwood Publishing Group.