Year over year, Sri Lankan IT companies are getting into a bidding battle with each other to hire fresh graduates from our local universities. Mostly from University of Moratuwa. This year, the average salary offer for a fresh graduate from University of Moratuwa has been 80K rupees, and the news is, the batch top received offers in excess of ...
Year over year, Sri Lankan IT companies are getting into a bidding battle with each other to hire fresh graduates from our local universities. Mostly from University of Moratuwa.This year, the average salary offer for a fresh graduate from University of Moratuwa has been 80K rupees, and the news is, the batch top received offers in excess of 150K rupees! ...
So here’s what I think (knowing that nobody cares what I think). In 2009 Mahinda really wanted to win the western provincial council election big, specifically he wanted to win Colombo district big. This was at the very late stages of the war, a strong election win was needed for him to show the world that people approve the war. ...
So here’s what I think (knowing that nobody cares what I think). In 2009 Mahinda really wanted to win the western provincial council election big, specifically he wanted to win Colombo district big. This was at the very late stages of the war, a strong election win was needed for him to show the world that people approve the war. ...
I always wanted to capture this entrance passage without any person in it, but given that I don't visit the temple of tooth often enough and it's always crowded, it wasn't easy getting the shot. On the day of Sinhala avurudu though, I had my chance - for about 10 seconds. Wish the two people at the end of the passage were family, but they are not.
[This was received through email, addressed to all Sri Lankans] I am a regular visitor to Sri Lanka and for the past 10 years I have enjoyed coming here for both work and leisure; currently I am here on holiday and have covered quite a sizeable chunk of the Island in my pursuit of the stunning landscapes and fascinating wildlife ...
Consciousness of self, death and religion Consciousness of self is a manifestation of the brain, brain weakens – your awareness of self weakens, brain dies – you die. Period. There’s nothing going to hell or heaven, nor gets re-born. Accept that and you don’t need a religion to pamper you. But, your brain wouldn’t want you believing that would it? ...
What we perceive as self is essentially a continuous flow of thoughts, leading from one to another, and awareness of stimuli that come through the senses... that includes senses within as well, on top of the five external. (i. e. things like hunger, sex drive, need to pee etc. etc.) In different beliefs, this is called soul, spirit (chi?) etc. ...
Teachers and Lecturers of government schools and universities should get salaries in par with leading schools and universities of the world. Government Universities and Schools should charge at least a nominal fee, so that students and their parents would value the education they receive Student loans and partial scholarships should be provided by the government for those who can't ...
In my last post (almost a month back :(); I concluded that contributing factors for better standards in an educational institute are the financial capital, expectations of students and parents, and the commitment of faculty staff and the management. So what do we need in the system to make things right? What can the government do? What are the successes ...
Sri Lanka is one of the few countries in the world offering free primary, secondary and tertiary education. The high literacy rate of 97.3% in the country shows that free education has worked out well. The government, no doubt, is putting a lot of money every year in to the educational system to provide free education, but as it is ...
