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A number of different units of measurement were used in Sri Lanka to measure quantities like length, mass and capacity from very ancient times. [1] Under the British Empire, imperial units became the official units of measurement [2] and remained so until Sri Lanka adopted the metric system in the 1970s. [3] [4]
Sri Lanka Insurance: Financials Full line insurance Colombo: 1961 Insurance S A Sri Lanka Ports Authority: Industrials Marine transportation Colombo: 1979 Marine shipping S A Sri Lanka Railways: Industrials Railroads Colombo: 1858 Railroads S A Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation: Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Colombo: 1982 ...
LMD 100, dubbed as "Sri Lanka's Fortune 500", annually lists the leading 100 quoted companies in Sri Lanka. Only the top 10 companies are listed below. All revenue figures reported before the financial year ending 2024. [2] [3]
Narammala (Sinhala: නාරම්මල, romanized Nārammala, Tamil: நாரம்மல, romanized Nāram'mala), is a town in Sri Lanka, in the centre of the North Western Province, 85.3 km (53.0 mi) from Colombo, via the Colombo - Katunayake Expressway or 54 km (34 mi) from Negombo, via Mirigama-Nakalagamuwa Expressway.
It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.
Thesavalamai is the traditional law of the Sri Lankan Tamil inhabitants of the Jaffna peninsula, codified by the Dutch during their colonial rule in 1707. The Thesawalamai is a collection of the Customs of the Malabar Inhabitants of the Province of Jaffna (collected by Dissawe Isaak) and given full force by the Regulation of 1806.
Built in front of the Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka, it is the meeting place for the elected municipal council. In 1921 renowned Scottish town planner Professor Patrick Geddes recommended that the Council should construct a large central and dignified municipal building to house the council, a public reception hall, the mayor's office ...
Sandakada Pahana, also known as Moonstone, is a unique feature of the architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances.