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Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation; Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board; Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation; Sri Lanka Ports Authority; Sri Lanka Railway Authority; Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing Export Co. Ltd; Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation; Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation; Sri Lanka Transport Board
Paddy field in Sammanthurai, Ampara District. Rice production or Paddy production is one of the main productions and staple foods in Sri Lanka. It cultivates in all districts of Sri Lanka during two monsoon seasons. It is estimated that about 708,000 ha (1,750,000 acres) of land uses for paddy. [1] The seasons are called Maha season and Yala ...
A paddy field in Sammanthurai, Ampara District, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan paddy cultivation history dates back to more than 2000 years ago. The historical reports say that Sri Lanka is regarded as the "paddy store of the east" because it produced an excessive quantity of rice.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 27 July 2005: Minister of Agriculture [35] Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 November 2005: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development [36] 28 January 2007: Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services [37] [38] [39] Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena ...
The Paddy Marketing Board continues to regulate the prices of paddy to this day. [31] He also began important irrigation projects such as Moragahakanda, Kalu and Walawe rivers . [ 45 ] He was re-elected to Parliament at the 2000 parliamentary election and retained his ministerial portfolio.
1 January – The "Clean Sri Lanka" national initiative commences under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. [1]16 January – The government announces an agreement with Chinese state oil company Sinopec valued at $3.7 billion to construct a "state-of-the-art oil refinery" with a capacity of 200,000 barrels in Hambantota.
To facilitate with banking needs, a bank is located near the main hall. Due to the high-profile events taking place within the venue the Sri Lanka Police maintains a permanent detachment and the Mount Lavinia Hotel has a restaurant. The Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre has floor area covering 4,500 m 2 (48,000 sq ft). The ...
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.