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An Empirical Investigation of News Impact on Stock Market Volatility during War and Post-war Periods in Sri Lanka

Peiris, T.U.I. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This paper fits Exponential Generalized Auto-Regressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) and Threshold GARCH (TGARCH) models to the daily closing All Share Price Index (ASPI) of Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) for ...

Alteration of Pitaya Pulp into a Value Added Product to Reduce the Post Harvest Losses

Mufas, A.H.M.; Perera, O.D.A.N. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) is well known in the Asian region. It is delicious and having higher nutritional value. Study was conducted to develop ice-cream incorporated with pitaya pulp and further studies were undergone ...

A Study on the Job Satisfaction of Secondary School Teachers: The Case of Kandy District in Sri Lanka

Panditharatne, P.; Wijesundara, S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the level of job satisfaction and to identify the factors that affect the job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Kandy district. The theoretical frame work used in ...

A Study on the Effectiveness of the Teaching Practice Component in the Diploma in Early Childhood and Primary Education Programme

Munasinghe, D.M.W. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Distance education as a vehicle for the delivery of course content, as well as complete academic programmes, continues to grow rapidly in the world. Distance education or distance learning is a field of education ...

Women’s role as constructive agents in the economic reconstruction in post–conflict period

Menaka, R.A.H. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

When we talk about post conflict reconstructions women must be involved, because they have important and necessary roles to play in all the phases of post conflict reconstruction. Arm conflict affected the women and men ...

Wetland mapping using high resolution satellite images in the jaffna peninsula

Piratheepa, V.; Suthakar, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Wetlands are among the world's most productive environment and important for ecological process as well as for their rich biodiversity. Unique and rare plant and animal species can be found in different wetlands in all ...

Validity of deed of declaration as an authentication of ownership: a study with particular reference to post-war resettlement and award of compensation for victims of land in the northern province of sri lanka

Manoharan, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Since people have lost almost all their legal documents during the displacement and calamities of war, proof of ownership to their own land too has become a difficult task. The people who are allowed to resettle in their ...

Truth seeking and reconciliation importance of truth for post-war peace building in sri lanka

Asiri, D.V.M.S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This study examines the importance of seeking truth, for the post war reconciliation process in Sri Lanka. Both questionnaires and interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data, as the study used mixed ...

Towards post-war social science: contesting discourses and possible reconstruction for multicultural societies

Chandran, S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This paper tries to outline a framework for post-war social science amidst the contesting discourses. It also provides how the reorientation will assist in enhancing capacity and rebuild the society and polity in the ...

The potential of using local customs prevailing in the war-torn areas in resolving emergent community disputes in the post-war scenario

Pathirana, D. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Every particular group of community in human society has a unique system of social custom which is wrought and operated for the initial purpose of maintaining moral governance over that particular community within the ...

The nexus between money supply and inflation in sri lanka

Kesavarajah, M.; Amirthalingam, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The purpose of this study is to examine the nexus between money supply and inflation in Sri Lanka over the period 1978 to 2010. The annual time series secondary data on inflation, money supply, budget deficit and exchange ...

The isolated warrior: the impact of everyday forms of individual public servants’ resistance on new public management reforms in sri lanka

Hettiarachchi, T.N. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This study analyses the impact of the everyday forms of resistance performed by individual public servants following the implementation of New Public Management (NPM) reforms in Sri Lanka. Many elements of the NPM ...

The international legal framework on post-war transition: some introductory notes in pursuit of developing a normative framework on post-war transition for tamils in the island of sri lanka

Guruparan, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

With the end of the war in 2009 the situation in the North and East of Sri Lanka could be described as being in a ‘post-war transitional state of affairs’. The manner in which this transitionary state of affairs is handled ...

The impact of tamil language to sinhala inscriptions in ancient sri lanka

Chandawimala, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

From the beginning of written history, there was an obvious combination of languages which represented various cultures. The uniqueness of cultural value of languages depends on the historical background and it was hard ...

The geo-archaeological study at the galatara proto-historic burial site at kegalle, sri lanka

Ranaweera, D. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The upper valleys of river basin should be studied for a better understanding of the early Iron Age cultural landscape and for the purpose of looking at alternative Iron Age sites in Wet Zone, Sri Lanka. This study ...

The effectiveness of community mediating role at rural level disputes: a study of addalaichenai mediation board coastal area in ampara district in sri lanka

Jabbar, M.A.; Manivasagar, A.V. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The disputes are unavoidable in human life and it is considered to produce destructive consequences. Hence, there are number of mechanisms used to settle the rural level disputes. Among those mechanisms the community ...

Role of social empowerment in sustainable development: a sociological study based on selected villages in karaveddy divisional secretariat division, jaffna

Rajeskannan, R. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This research is trying to sociologically elaborate the contributions and the contradictions between the process of social empowerment and the sustainable rural development. And also it will provide the guidelines to ...

Responses of senior citizens to disasters: a study with special reference to the tsunami and ethnic conflict (a case study of disaster affected areas in eastern sri lanka)

Ayoob, S.M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The main purpose of the study is to understand how senior citizens cope and withstand impacts of disaster and how they adapt to new ways of life resulting from disasters. In this study various methods were used for data ...

Recent land issues and policies in the northern province: reconciling or reviving past demons?

Fonseka, B.; Raheem, M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Land has been a central issue in the post-independence history of Sri Lanka and as a result of discriminatory policies and practices is considered a root cause of the conflict. Land is intrinsically linked to a diverse ...

Promoting good governance in sri lanka: a case for right to information (prospects and challenges)

Akurugoda, C. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Right to Information is an essential requirement of good governance in a country. Since Sri Lanka is in a post war context, it is claimed that government decisions should focus on capacity development in the country. ...

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