How did srilankan government deal with ethnic problems

Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka

a.  The   Sinhala   community established its supremacy by pursuing the policy of   Majoritarianism and by adopting various measures like    The Sri   Lankan   constitution which did not give recognition to the minority group and instead recognised   Sinhala  as the official language.
b.  An island country comprising of Sinhala community who are in majority and Tamils who are minority.  
c. The   Tamils  there, have been deprived of their basic civil political rights and have been the victims of discrimination.
d. State policies also sought to give preference to the Sinhala community in terms of jobs and educational institutions.Tamils dominated regions have been deprived of autonomy. 
e. Policy of majoritarianism  has deteriorated relations between the two communities leading to ethnic conflict. There is a lack of power sharing between the two communities leading to civil war. Sri Lanka has witnessed rise of groups like LTTE.