The first major assassination of a prominent political leader in Sri Lanka known formerly as Ceylon was in September 1959. ..

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Dias said the Christian presence in education has helped Sri Lanka achieve a 96.3% adult literacy rate, much higher than the global average. Nirosha is the Trincomalee school's 21st principal.

Many of the tea pluckers on Sri Lanka's vast estates also live on site in supplied homes known as line houses. A village on the edge of tea plantations in Sri Lanka's central highlands.

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