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Theocratic republic: Supreme Leader holds significant executive and legislative power. Semi-constitutional monarchy: Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power. Absolute monarchy: Monarch has unlimited power. One-party state: Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party. Military junta: Committee of military ...
Wesley College, Colombo. / 6.9210°N 79.8761°E / 6.9210; 79.8761. Wesley College, Colombo, popularly known as " Wesley " or " The Double Blues " is a Methodist school providing primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka since 1874.
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission ( RKM) is a spiritual and philanthropic organisation headquartered in Belur Math, West Bengal. [ 1][ 2] The mission is named after the Indian Hindu spiritual guru and mystic Ramakrishna. [ 1] The mission was founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897. [ 1]
Healthcare in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a free [1] and universal health care system. It scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high Life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors. [2] [3] It is known for having one of the world's earliest known healthcare systems and has its own indigenous ...
BRAC is the largest non-governmental development Organisation in the world, in terms of the number of employees as of September 2016. [3] [4] [5] Established by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 after the independence of Bangladesh, BRAC is present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh as well as 16 other countries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. [6]
The " Sri Lanka Matha " (English: "Mother Sri Lanka"; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මාතා, romanized: Śrī Lańkā Mātā; Tamil: ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே, romanized: Srī Laṅkā Tāyē) is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. "Sri Lanka Matha" was composed by Ananda Samarakoon and was originally titled " Namo ...
MAS Holdings. MAS Holdings is a Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer. [ 3][ 4][ 5] The company was founded in 1987 by Mahesh, Sharad and Ajay Amalean. [ 6] MAS Holdings began as an underwear manufacturer and later diversified into sportswear, performance wear and swimwear. [ 7][ 8] MAS Holdings has 53 manufacturing facilities in 17 countries ...
Sri Lanka, [ a ] historically known as Ceylon, [ b ] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the ...