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Colombo Express is a container ship. When launched in 2005, she was claimed by her owner to be the world's largest container ship , [ 2 ] a title she held until Emma Mærsk was launched in 2006. Colombo Express holds 8,749 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), 730 refrigerated (reefer) TEUs, is 335 metres (1,099 ft) long, and has a beam , or ...
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the Pakistan is the Sri Lankan envoy to Pakistan. Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners , rather than Ambassadors .
In 2009 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka purchased the building, to address the needs of the bank's growing office. [1] The renovated building was officially opened on 1 June 2011 by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development, and Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Governor of the Central Bank.
PickMe Food is Sri Lankan online food delivery platform launched by PickMe in 2018. [1] PickMe Food also provides on-demand grocery, essential medicines and package delivery service called PickMe Flash. [2] PickMe Food rivals international Uber Eats and would make the industry a duopoly.
Transport in Sri Lanka is based on its road network, which is centred on the country's commercial capital Colombo. A rail network handles a portion of Sri Lanka 's transport needs. There are navigable waterways, harbours and three international airports: in Katunayake , 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Colombo, in Hambantota, and in Jaffna.
Pakistan Post (Urdu: پاکستان ڈاک) is a state enterprise which functions as Pakistan's primary and largest postal operator. [1] 49,502 employees through a vehicle fleet of 5,000 operate traditional "to the door" service from more than 13,419 post offices across the country, servicing over 50 million people.
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of Sri Lanka to Pakistan. [1] The high commission is also accredited to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. [1] The current high commissioner is H.E.Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne, WV, RWP & Bar, RSP, VSV, USP, NI(M), ndc, psn, is a retired Sri Lankan admiral, and former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces.
In a bygone era, delivery was first by foot (in the hills and remote places it is not uncommon to see postmen delivering letters on foot, even today!), then bicycles were added. Sri Lanka Post was the first to inaugurate a mail coach service in Asia. The mail coach service began operations in 1832, between Colombo and Kandy. [7]