This is a Short History Of Vlad the Impaler. A Noiser production. Written by Jo Furniss. With thanks to Dacre Stoker, the great grandnephew of Bram Stoker, and a historian and writer of modern Dracula novels. Get every episode of Short History Of a week early with Noiser+. You’ll als...
knowledgeable local guides about the area, culture, people, history etc. Visiting the weaving communites was fantastic and it was a colourful experience to see how the handloom clothes are made. The food was so delicious and fresh. Thank you so much for organizing such an amazing Sri Lankan ...
This long history and wealth of experience in international trade and customs has left Colombo at a major advantage in the modern world.An Enticing LocationColombo has been popular with foreign visitors since the dawn of recorded history. It has a natural harbour, which made it a desirable ...
Sri Lanka’s economy had been in this death spiral for several years, in addition to accumulating high levels of external debt while having significant debt-servicing problems as far back as 2016, the country sought $1.5 billion in assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to address...
Sri Lankap pBackground/p pMalaria in Sri Lanka is unstable and fluctuates in intensity both spatially and temporally. Although the case counts are dwindling at present, given the past history of resurgence of outbreaks despite effective control measures, the control programmes have to stay prepared...
Serendipitous: Directed by Gunindu Abeysekera, Mahsa Sheykhsoltan. Meet my grandmother: Mahanthamulla-Gamage Dayawathi Ramanayaka, or what I call her, 'Aththamma.' The English word 'serendipitous' comes from the name the ancients gave Sri Lanka, my home
No Korean film has ever been nominated in this category and we fans of Korean cinema are rooting for Lee Chang-dong to make history. (Story translated from Korean by Soyoung Kim.) The story I want to tell you is about my strange destiny. I understand that you are a novelist, so I ...
Glyphosate is the world’s most used herbicide and a central component of modern industrial agriculture. It has also been linked to a variety of negative health and environmental effects. For instance, the International Agency for Research on Cancer clas
Despite the amount of data on different aspects of biodiversity, such as species distributions, taxonomy, or phylogenetics, there are still significant gaps and biases in the available information. This is particularly true for life history traits, with fragmentary data for most taxa, especially those...
The dataset includes spot prices of 48 different commodities from different categories: agriculturals, industrials, energy, and precious metals. The commodity indices are chain-linked from different sources including not only stock prices, but also history books. The data comes from the United States...