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Established on 2 August 1800, it is the oldest unchanged government department in the country. The department is responsible for national surveying and mapping. It is also the national focal point of GIS and Remote Sensing with representation in the Global Mapping Project organised by the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM).
The National Emblem of Sri Lanka [1] [2] [3] is used by the State of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan government in connection with the administration and government of the country. The current emblem has been in use since 1972 and created under the ideas and guidance of Nissanka Wijeyeratne .
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001: Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power [28] [29] Jeewan Kumaranatunga: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 28 January 2007: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Land and Land Development [30] [31] [32] Janaka Bandara Tennakoon: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 April 2010: Minister of Lands and Land Development [33] [34 ...
Provincial governments of Sri Lanka are the devolved governments of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution , provinces have legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services.
At the top center of the card the word "Sri Lanka" is printed in the Sinhala and Tamil languages. The purple number on the right of the Sri Lankan emblem represents the Province from which the application was made. The numbers range from 1–9. The numbering convention is as follows: 1. Western Province; 2. Central Province; 3. Southern ...
In 1995 a Divisional Council was created for Biyagama which had previously been governed by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka. [8] In 1997 Moratuwa and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Urban Councils were promoted to Municipal Councils. [8] As of 199 there were 309 local authorities (14 MC, 37 UC, 258 DC). All parts of Sri Lanka are governed by ...
The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution and its third constitution since the country's independence (as Ceylon) in 1948, after the Donoughmore Constitution ...
One of the requirements of the accord was that the Sri Lankan government should devolve powers to the provinces. [1] Accordingly on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987. [2] [3] On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created ...