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The Port of Colombo 1860–1939, K. Dharmasena, 1980 (Lake House, Colombo) Decolonizing Ceylon: Colonialism, Nationalism and the Politics of Space in Sri Lanka, by Nihal Perera, 1999 (Oxford University Press) the Essential guide for Colombo and its region, Philippe Fabry, Negombo, Viator Publications, 2011, 175 p., ISBN 978-955-8736-09-8
The Colombo Journal was a short-lived English-language bi-weekly newspaper in Ceylon. The newspaper started on 1 January 1832 with George Lee as editor. [1] [2] George Lee was the Superintendent of the Government Press and later Postmaster General. [3] The newspaper had the support of the government and Governor Robert Wilmot-Horton.
Andrew Russo (August 9, 1934 — April 18, 2022), sometimes known as Andy Mush, was a boss of the Colombo crime family. [1] According to a former FBI special agent interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Russo mismanaged the organization by micromanaging subordinates and trying to hold onto leadership past his prime.
The Colombo Plan is a regional intergovernmental organization that began operations on 1 July 1951. The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, Pakistan and New Zealand, and the ...
The Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was an annual football tournament first held in Colombo, Ceylon.It was also alternatively known as Colombo Cup.Established in 1952 by the Ceylon Football Association as a part of the Colombo Fair, the national sides of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) and Burma played each other in a round robin tournament.
Colombo the commercial capital of Sri Lanka The Western province provides the highest contribution to the Gross Domestic Product contributing 41.2% of the Provincial Gross Domestic Product(PGDP) and has a nominal PGDP growth rate of 5.8% as of 2015.
The Colombo Post is a Sri Lankan English-language weekly newspaper, published every Tuesday. ... This page was last edited on 12 November 2023, at 03:29 (UTC).
Colombo city is divided into administrative sub-units derived from feudal counties. The 15 divisions are listed below. ... This page was last edited on 25 November ...