Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Plastic waste to petrol

A pilot project has been launched to convert petrol from plastic waste in Sri Lanka. The success of this kind of projects will depend on the commercial viability. However, this would be an ideal solution for the plastic waste problem which creates immense damages to the environment. Therefore, the technology needs to be further improved and managed to make it viable.

According to the adaderana.lk, this is the world’s first pilot project to convert plastic waste to petrol and the technology has been innovated by Prof. Mrs. Alka U. Zadgaonkar. ‘Sinhale Hot News’ reports the inventor as a Sri Lankan called Mr. Withanage. Successfulness of the project is a different story, but if the person behind this is a Sri Lankan, he should be respected.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Akon, Tourism, Buddhism

Government Information Department has announced that Sri Lanka has rejected issuing visa for popular singer Akon for the scheduled concert in Sri Lanka. This kind of concerts will undoubtedly help in promoting tourism in Sri Lanka with more awareness.
Moreover, these kinds of visa refusals would create a bad image for the country.

Nevertheless, who can justify for insulting a religion? Who can believe the statement made by Akon that he was not aware that he was dancing around a Buddha Statue? If he is a spiritual man (as he says), he should apologize from Buddhists.

Obviously, protesting is not the answer, and this is not the first or the last incident which insulted the Buddhism. On the other hand, Buddhists should not worry about what others do until they do the right things. Therefore, Buddhists should do the needful consciously without being aggressive.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Friday, March 19, 2010

Great Opportunity for Sri Lanka

National Geographic Channel Grades Sri Lanka As The 2nd Best Island To Visit

Sri Lanka #1 tourist destination - NY Times

Main reason behind this is obviously the end of 30 year war against terrorism. Several other agencies have ranked Sri Lanka as best tourist destination. Government is taking several initiatives, and it is reported that most of the star class hotels are being renovated to cater the future demand.

Political stability and the good image of the country are vital if we are to get the maximum benefit. Therefore, everybody (especially in the political arena) should have a clear vision to achieve this common goal.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Beginning !

I created the blog as a personal blog about two years back with the intention of sharing my views, thoughts or what I notice in my day-to-day life which may be somehow useful for someone. Anyway, no single post was done during the last period.

This is an attempt to start something!