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Sri Lanka Tích Lan, Sai Lăng, [100] Xri Lan-ca [101] English name Vietnamese name Endonym Notes Name Language Colombo: Kha Luân Bố, Cô-lôm-bô [102] Kolamba (කොළඹ) Sinhala Koḻumpu (கொழும்பு) Tamil
Eastern Sri Lanka massacres: 16 October 1995: Villages in Eastern Sri Lanka: 120: LTTE [264] Padaviya massacre 21 October 1995: Padaviya, Anuradhapura: 19: LTTE [264] Boatta massacre Botalla, Polonnaruwa: 36: LTTE [264] Central Bank bombing: 31 January 1996: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo: 91: LTTE [105] Kumarapuram massacre / Trincomalee ...
Sri Lanka-China relations started as soon as the People's Republic of China was formed in 1949. The two countries signed an important Rubber-Rice Pact in 1952. [247] Sri Lanka played a vital role at the Asian–African Conference in 1955, which was an important step in the crystallisation of the NAM. [248]
He wears a haramaki with a design based on the Stars and Stripes, and ends his sentences with "meow". He is a fan of Lady Nyanya. He and Jibanyan are similar in appearances and backstory, as, like him, he died saving his owner, Emily, from being hit by a truck. The Last Nyanmurai / Last Bushinyan (ラストブシニャン)
The first girl on the left is playing the flute in the painting Tố nữ. The sáo contains the musical spirit of Vietnamese countryside and its four peaceful seasons. In Vietnam, the people played sáo when resting on the fields or before going to sleep at night.
Gal Oya settlement scheme was begun in 1949 to settle landless peasants in formerly jungle land. Gal Oya river in the Eastern province was dammed and a tank was created with 40,000,000 acres (160,000 km 2) of irrigated land.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Sri Lankan president and brother of current president, became the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. [ 83 ] Since 2010, Sri Lanka has witnessed a sharp rise in foreign debt [ 84 ] The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic -induced global recession accelerated the crisis and by 2021, the foreign debt rose to 101% of the nation's ...
Sri Lankan Civil War. Eelam War I; 23 July Four Four Bravo ambush: A 15-man patrol of the Sri Lankan Army is ambushed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Thirunelveli. 13 of its members were killed. The ambush was a watershed event for ethnic relations in Sri Lanka and would be one of the immediate causes for the Sri Lankan Civil ...