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The commemoration of the 56th "ASEAN Day" consisted of two activities, namely the raising of the ASEAN flag carried out by three personnel from the Indonesian Embassy in Colombo and combined with a reception where all invited guests could enjoy typical food from ASEAN countries, including market snacks provided by the Indonesian Embassy in Colombo.
Usually, the main celebration takes place in Colombo, where the President of Sri Lanka raises the national flag and delivers a nationally televised speech. The President's speech typically highlights the achievements of the government during the past year, raises important issues and gives a call for further development.
The formal ceremony marking the start of self-rule, with the opening of the first parliament at the special podium at the present Independence Square, Colombo. The building was designed by a group of eight notable architects led by Tom Neville Wynne-Jones CBE , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and included F. H. Billimoria, Shirley de Alwis, Oliver Weerasinghe ...
The board of management of the BNMF maintains the BMICH complex. Its board is specified by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation Act and includes the ex officio members the President of Sri Lanka as the chairperson, the Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Auditor General of Sri Lanka.
This is a list of companies owned by the central government of Sri Lanka. Commercial corporations ... Shell Gas Lanka Ltd (Colombo Gas Company Ltd)
The defenses of Sri Lanka were beefed up to three British army divisions because the island was strategically important, holding almost all the British Empire's resources of rubber. Rationing was instituted so that Sri Lankans were comparatively better fed than their Indian neighbours, in order to prevent disaffection among the natives.
The national anthem of Sri Lanka "Sri Lanka Matha" is believed to have been written by Rabindranath Tagore [5] and later composed by Ananda Samarakoon in 1940 before the island nation's independence from the British. In 1951, it became the national anthem of Sri Lanka. [6] [7] Firstly, it was written in Sinhalese and translated to Tamil. The ...
The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution and its third constitution since the country's independence (as Ceylon) in 1948, after the Donoughmore Constitution ...