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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.
The Sri Lankan Ordinary Level (O-level) formerly called Senior School Certificate (SSC), is a General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualification in Sri Lanka, conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is based on the Cambridge University Ordinary Level qualification.
The green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos) is a member of the cuckoos.It is endemic to Sri Lanka's wet zone and listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as the small population declined due to forest destruction and fragmentation. [1]
Usually, bare transliterations of Urdu into Roman letters, Roman Urdu, omit many phonemic elements that have no equivalent in English or other languages commonly written in the Latin script. [ citation needed ] The National Language Authority of Pakistan has developed a number of systems with specific notations to signify non-English sounds ...
The following is a list of schools in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. [1] Number of schools in Kegalle District Type Number of schools 1AB 48 1C 93 2 185 3 203
Roman Urdu also holds significance among the Christians of Pakistan and North India. Urdu was the dominant native language among Christians of Karachi and Lahore in present-day Pakistan and Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan in India, during the early part of the 19th and 20th century, and is still used by Christians in these places ...
Sri Saranankara National School, Bingiriya 1AB 1585 Ibbagamuwa Ibbagamuwa Ibbagamuwa Central College, Ibbagamuwa 1AB 3331 Ibbagamuwa Ganewatta S.B. Herath National College, Nikadalupotha 1AB 1391 Giriulla Alawwa Mayurapada Central College, Narammala 1AB 2876 Giriulla Alawwa Sri Rahula Central College, Alawwa 1AB 2224 Giriulla Pannala
The Urdu-speaking community is also present in other parts of the subcontinent with a historical Muslim presence, such as the Deccanis, the Biharis [16] and Dhakaiyas (who speak Dhakaiya Urdu) in Bangladesh, [113] the Urdu-speaking members of the Madheshi community in Nepal, [114] some Muslims in Sri Lanka [115] and a section of Burmese Indians.