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It is based on market capitalisation. Weighting of shares is conducted in proportion to the issued ordinary capital of the listed companies, valued at current market price (i.e. market capitalisation). The base year is 1985, and the base value of the index is 100. This is the longest and the broadest measure of the Sri Lankan Stock market.
Before other landmarks were built, some claim that the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque was recognised as the landmark of Colombo by sailors approaching the port. In 1975 the mosque, with the assistance of the Haji Omar Trust, [ 3 ] purchased a number of the adjoining properties and commenced building an expansion to the mosque to increase its capacity to ...
Dialog was the first mobile operator to cover the Jaffna peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka within 90 days of the ceasefire agreement in 2002 [10] and again in 2009 was the first mobile operator to extend its GSM network to the areas in the North and East Province where the war was fought, [10] and presently has 80% market share in the region.
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 ...
After months of reconnaissance by LTTE intelligence wing, the LTTE carried out a raid on the 12 April 1996, when the country was celebrating the Sinhalese New Year.The night before, the 7:40 pm the Command Operations Room of the Western Naval Area of SLNS Ranagala received an anonymous call stating that a merchant ship outside the Colombo harbour was being boarded by sea pirates.
Postal Service: Sri Lanka Post. Radio broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 54, SW 5 Television broadcast stations: 19 (2009) Satellite Earth Stations located: Padukka and Colombo. Internet Service Providers: 9 Country code / Top-level domain: +94/LK
Colombo City Centre is a 50-storey mixed-use development in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. Colombo City Centre comprises a five storey retail space which consists of 3,675 m 2 (39,560 sq ft), including a 170-room hotel and 192 residential apartments.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo All Saints' Church is a Catholic church located in Borella, [ 1 ] Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo and belongs to the Borella parish.