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Duty towards environmental protection: companies’ role under the Companies Act No 07 Of 2007
(2017)
The Brundtland Commission's report defined sustainable development as “development which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. In this ...
Traversing beyond postcolonial identity: symptomatic selfannihilation in The God of Small Things as a symbolic failure in Roy’s politics
(2017)
This study claims that the roots of the symptomatic ‘madness’ found in the Syrian-Christian Kottayam family in The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy traverse beyond the general postcolonial identity crisis. It investigates ...
Derivatives: Are they weapons of mass destruction?
(2017)
The growth of the amount of financial derivatives during the last fifteen years has been phenomenal. With the total notional amounts outstanding on over-the-counter derivative contracts amounting to around nine times global ...
Anti-microbial activity of different solvent extracts of dried flowers of Aegle marmelos
(2017)
Aegle marmelos has been used to treat various illnesses of human beings in traditional and folk medicine for thousands of years. The aim of the present study is to validate the in vitro antibacterial activity of different ...
Use and User Satisfaction with Library Services and Resources at the Main Library of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
(2017-07)
The main library of the General Sir John Kotelawela Defence University conducted a survey of the first and third-year undergraduates of the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, ...
National Security of Sri Lanka: Importance of Mass Media and Communication
(2017)
This decade is proving to be crucial to national security of Sri Lanka as there are many international pressures upon the country. Some of these pressures are legal whilst others are economic. However, the common nature ...
A Comparative Study on In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Different Leaf Extracts of Medicinal Plant Talinum paniculatum
(2017)
There is an urgent need for the development of novel affordable plant based natural antibacterial agents in order to combat against the emergence of antibiotic resistance, resulting from the indiscriminate use of currently ...
Elements of Sri Lanka’s Geopolitics: Impact on United States’ Foreign Policy
(2017)
This article examines whether the physical determinants of Sri Lanka have a significant impact on the formulation of the United States’ foreign policy. It also analyses whether Sri Lanka’s close proximity to the sea lines ...