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Sri Lanka Cricket: Tenants: Sri Lanka Cricket: End names: Janashakthi Complex End Scoreboard End: International information; First Test: 17–21 February 1982: Sri Lanka v England: Last Test: 22–26 August 2019: Sri Lanka v New Zealand: First ODI: 13 April 1983: Sri Lanka v Australia: Last ODI: 20 July 2007: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh: First T20I ...
Other sporting clubs in Colombo include Colombo Swimming Club, Colombo Rowing Club and the Yachting Association of Sri Lanka. Rugby is also a popular sport at the club and school levels. Colombo has its local football team Colombo FC and the sport is being developed as a part of the FIFA Goal program.
Map of Sri Lanka Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport is the busiest airport in the country and one of the busiest airports in South Asia. It was estimated to handle over 10.5 million passengers in 2018.
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 ...
It is administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd and serves as the hub of SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, Fitsair, a privately owned low-cost carrier, and domestic carrier Cinnamon Air. The other airport serving the city of Colombo is Ratmalana International Airport. SriLankan Airlines has its main base ...
SLAF Ampara (Sri Lanka Air Force Ampara) [7] – Ampara; SLAF Batticaloa (Sri Lanka Air Force Batticaloa) [8] – Batticaloa; SLAF Colombo (Sri Lanka Air Force Colombo) [9] – Colombo – Air Force Headquarters; SLAF Diyatalawa (Sri Lanka Air Force Diyatalawa) [10] – Diyatalawa – Ground combat training center
When the island was divided during the Transitional period, multiple capital cities existed at one time. Nallur, 1255–1620 (capital of the Jaffna Kingdom) [19] [20]; Kandy, 1469–1597 (During the early part of the reign of Senasammata Vikramabahu (1469–1511), capital of the Kingdom of Kandy) [31]
Colombo Pride is an annual LGBTQ+ pride celebration held in Sri Lanka, chiefly hosted by Equal Ground, along with other queer rights advocacy groups since 2005. [1] [2] Although being mostly unpopular during the 2010s, the post COVID-19 period and subsequent socio-political crises paved the way for a larger, week-long celebration in 2022, with a three-day film festival titled "Abhimani", a ...