Amidst all negative publicity about Sri lanka, I saw this bit of information which brought a smile to me. Sri lanka has great potential in IT and this just goes to prove it.
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Google will be working with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period.

More information is here.