Most people are unaware that Banana or plantain is the world’s largest herb with valuable medicinal properties. ‘Banana’ is a general term embracing a number of species or hybrids in the genus Musa of the family Musacea. ...

This study attempts to examine the impact of decentralized higher educational institutions on socioeconomic development of rural sector in Sri Lanka. The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, located in the rural village ...

Humans have made the history, interpreted it in different ways and haveultimately broken their bondage to history in the postmodern era. They have produced many ideologies to make, to interpret and to justify history. ...

This comparative study focuses on the word order in Sinhalese and in English particularly at the clause level. A clause is a word or a group of words ordinarily consisting of a subject and a predicate, although in some ...

This paper attempts to test fundamental theory of finance which is risk and return relationship. For this purpose the manufacturing sector listed in Colombo Stock Exchange was selected. The researchers used marked model ...

This paper presents findings of a study on the barriers faced by small farmers in adopting the integrated plant nutrient system (IPNS) for sustainable farming development. The study was conducted in 3 villages in the ...

This paper attempts to discuss the reasons for the improvement of labor productivity after the privatization. This study mainly based on the primary data gathered from the laborers employed in tea estates in the Ratnapura ...

Based on a sub set of data from a study which investigated the role of motivation as a contributing factor in second language learning in a disadvantaged school setting in Sri Lanka, this paper attempts to show the ...

This study investigates the effects of macroeconomic variables on stock prices in emerging Sri Lankan stock market using monthly data for the period from September 1991 to December 2002. The multivariate regression was ...

Due to increasing use of land surveying practices along with technology advancements, a necessity for appropriate tools for task accomplishment has been occurred. A computer application program has been developed to make ...