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Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka.
The State Literary Award is a set of annual literary prizes by the Government of Sri Lanka under several categories. The awards cover fiction, poetry, translations, songs and cover designs. Works from Sinhala, Tamil and English language are reviewed. [1]
Puthandu is the traditional Tamil new year. The calendar and day migrated from Indian Tamils to Sri Lanka and southeast Asia in the 1st millennium CE. Date: 31 December 2014, 16:21: Source: Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Sri Lanka: Author: Amila Tennakoon
The Gazette is published in Sinhalese, Tamil, and English which are the three official languages of Sri Lanka. It publishes promulgated bills, presidential decrees, governmental ordinances, major legal acts as well as vacancies, government exams, requests for tender, changes of names, company registrations and deregistrations, land restitution notices, liquor licence applications, transport ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [29] [30] Nandimithra Ekanayake: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government [31] Richard Pathirana: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001
The current department operates under the provisions of the National Archives Law No. 48 of 1973, and National Archives (Amendment) Act No. 30 of 1981.The duties of archivists in Sri Lanka can be traced back to the ancient Sri Lankan Kingdoms dating as far back as 3rd century BC, when officers were appointed to maintain royal archives of Sri Lankan monarchs.
National Library of Sri Lanka is a research and a reference library, as well as the main library and information centre in Sri Lanka. It is located on Independence Avenue, Colombo . History
Martin Wickramasinghe Trust is an approved by the Government of Sri Lanka as a charitable organization. The Martin Wickramasinghe Trust has been established with the objectives of preservation of manuscripts, first editions of all his books, tape recording and photographs related to his life and work.