* 2005 – Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.

The repetition of the same caste hierarchy even as recently as the 18th century, in the British / Kandyan period Kadayimpoth-Boundary books as well, indicates the continuation of the tradition right up to the end of Sri Lanka's monarchy.

The devil dances of Sri Lanka or " yakun natima " are a carefully crafted ritual with a history reaching far back into Sri Lanka's pre-Buddhist past.

* 1998 – A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills 8 people and injures 25 others.

The vessel was taken to Tiger-held territory in Sri Lanka's north instead of transporting it to its intended destination.

The youthful Muralitharan went from strength to strength, playing a major part in Sri Lanka's back-to-back Test victories against England and New Zealand in 1992 – 93.

Ranatunga was thoroughly convinced that Muralitharan's precocious talent would signal a new era in Sri Lanka's short Test history.

In Sri Lanka's humiliating drubbing at the hands of India in 1993 – 94, where all three Tests were innings defeats, Muralitharan was the sole success, with 12 wickets in the rubber.

In Sri Lanka's first triumph on foreign soil, Muralitharan confused the crease-bound New Zealanders on a grassy pitch in Dunedin.

Musharraf had left for a weekend trip to take part in Sri Lanka's Army's 50th-anniversary celebrations.

Sri Lanka's rich culture can be attributed to the many different communities on the island.

Sri Lanka's irrigation system was extensively expanded during the reign of Parākramabāhu the Great (

But on 14 February 1815, Kandy was occupied by the British, in the second Kandyan War, finally ending Sri Lanka's independence.

Sri Lanka's coastline is 1, 585 km long.

* Judicial: Sri Lanka's judiciary consists of a Supreme Court – the highest and final superior court of record, a Court of Appeal, High Courts and a number of subordinate courts.

Sri Lanka's climate includes tropical monsoons: the northeast monsoon ( December to March ), and the southwest monsoon ( June to October ).

More than 90 % of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years.

This area includes Sri Lanka's highest mountains.

Sri Lanka's rivers rise in the Central Highlands and flow in a radial pattern toward the sea.

Sri Lanka's climate can be described as tropical, and quite hot.

Sri Lanka's two major political parties – the United National Party ( UNP ) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) – embrace democratic values, international nonalignment, and encouragement of Sinhalese culture.

Sri Lanka's Human Development Index and literacy rate are among the highest in the South Asian region, and infant mortality is among the lowest.

Transportation in Sri Lanka is based mainly on the road network which is centered on Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.

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Crucially Suresh had control of most of the EPRLF's assets as well as its name ( as registered with the Sri Lankan Department of Elections ).

It is registered as a political party with the Sri Lankan Department of Elections under the name of Padmanaba Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front.

* Radhika Coomaraswamy, BA Yale, LLM Harvard, JD Columbia, Human Rights Commissioner for Sri Lanka

Wallström has also worked as the CEO of a regional TV network in Sweden and before taking up her appointment as Commissioner she was the executive vice-president of Worldview Global Media in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

* Claude Corea, Sri Lankan politician / diplomat, High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to the United States

In August 1947, Sri Prakasa was appointed India's first High Commissioner to Pakistan and served in the post till 1949.

After a year-long study of Sanskrit, Tamil, Pāli, and Sinhalese he moved to Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) to become the Archaeological Commissioner of Ceylon, where he oversaw the excavation and preservation of monumental architecture and other archaeological sites.

As a former member of the Indian Administrative Service, he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts.

* 2000 High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka

Appearing in the national television, Mr Bruce Haigh, ex-Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has condemned Sri Lanka as a nation with similar policies to apartheid South Africa and he also condemned Australian Federal Police's collaboration with Sri Lankan government.

The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, General Srilal Weerasooriya, on behalf of the President, had conferred the emblems of the Sri Lankan Ranjana National Award on Federal Minister Raja Tridiv Roy in 2005.

Ernest Corea, onetime Editor of the Daily News was appointed Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to the United States in the 1980s.

A Metropolitan Police team led by Barbara Wilding, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations, visited Israel, Sri Lanka and Russia, to learn from their experience of suicide attacks.

Countries and organizations that offered to send aid mentioned by the State Department included Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, the European Union, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, International Energy Agency, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, NATO, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Organization of American States, Oman, OPEC, Pakistan, Paraguay, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, the United Nations, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Venezuela and the World Health Organization.

More recently, the work of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Shirdi Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Baba, Swami Muktananda, Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Shriram Sharma Acharya, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Mata Amritanandamayi has inspired millions to create new centers of spiritual development.