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The main languages spoken in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil. Several languages are spoken in Sri Lanka within the Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and Austronesian families. Sri Lanka accords official status to Sinhala and Tamil, with English as a recognised language. The languages spoken on the island nation are deeply influenced by the various ...
The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) (Sinhala: ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්යස්ථානය, romanized: Lōka Veḷen̆da Madhyasthānaya; Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக மையம், romanized: Ulaka Varttaka Maiyam) is a 152-metre-tall (499 ft) twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey ...
Sirasa Lakshapathi [1] (Sinhala: සිරස ලක්ෂපති), previously known as Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi [2] [3] (Sinhala: ඔබ ද ලක්ෂපති මම ද ලක්ෂපති), is the one of three Sri Lankan versions for Sinhala-speaking peoples based on the British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) first witnessed electricity in 1882 when SS Helios docked in Colombo for a local electricity exhibition. [ 5 ] In 1890, using a diesel generator the first electric bulb in Ceylon was lit with electricity in the Billiard Room of Bristol Hotel in Colombo , before electric lights became an established commercial product.
Solar power is a relatively young segment in the energy industry of Sri Lanka. As of 2015, only a few grid-connected solar farms were operational, including a state-run facility. Despite at least half a dozen private companies applying for development permits for photovoltaic and solar thermal projects, [ 24 ] most have not actually commenced ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 4 July 2017: 3 January 2019 [10] [11] [12] 4 M. L. A. M. Hizbullah: United People's Freedom Alliance: 3 January 2019 3 June 2019 5 Shan Wijayalal De Silva: Sri Lanka Freedom Party 5 June 2019 20 November 2019 6 Anuradha Yahampath: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 4 December 2019 15 May 2023 7 Senthil Thondaman: Ceylon ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: January 2001: 27 June 2002 [11] [12] 7: Monty Gopallawa: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 27 June 2002: 26 September 2005 [13] [14] 8: Jagath Balasuriya (acting) Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 26 September 2005: 16 December 2005 [15] 9: Tikiri Kobbekaduwa: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 16 December 2005: 19 January 2015 [16] [17] [18] 10 ...
English as a medium of education in schools were dropped, and the Act also prompted the emigration of the predominantly English-speaking Burgher community of Sri Lanka. That resulted in the Sinhala language gaining more prominence in all domains of Sri Lanka, but its influence on Sri Lankan English also increased. In fact, the merging of the ...