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The Sri Lanka spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata) is a member of the pheasant family which is endemic to the dense rainforests of Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as haban kukula - හබන් කුකුලා in Sinhala. [2] It is a very secretive bird, and despite its size is difficult to see as it slips through dense undergrowth ...
'Operation Justice') is an ongoing anti-drug operation conducted by the Sri Lankan Police following directives from the Ministry of Public Security. [1] Starting from 17 December 2023, the police, the Special Task Force and the Sri Lankan Army carried out islandwide raids with 38,525 suspects being arrested as of 17 January 2024. [2]
A mother of a martyred LTTE cadre raises the Tamil Eelam flag on Maaveerar Naal 2002 in Germany. The first Maaveerar Naal was held on 27 November 1989. [5] The date was chosen as it was the anniversary of the first LTTE cadre to die in combat, Lt. Shankar (Sathiyanathan alias Suresh), who died on 27 November 1982.
Sri Lankan junglefowl and red junglefowl diverged about 2.8 million years ago, whereas time of divergence between the Sri Lankan junglefowl and grey junglefowl was 1.8 million years ago. [2] Evidence of introgressive hybridization from Sri Lanka junglefowl has also been established in domestic chicken. [2]
Hero Motors Company (HMC) is an Indian multinational business conglomerate controlled by Pankaj M Munjal. [5] [6] The HMC family [1] [7] is made up of organisations such as Hero Cycles, Avocet Sports (UK), [8] BSH (Sri Lanka), Firefox, [9] Spur, [10] HGD, [11] Hero Motors, [12] Munjal Hospitality, [13] [14] Munjal Kiriu, [15] ZF Hero [16] and OMA.
The launch of the Viceroy Special was spearheaded by Hemasiri Fernando and Cliff Jones. [3] The idea of re-introducing steam to Sri Lanka rails was inspired by a tourism promotional visit to Sri Lanka in 1984 by Cliff Jones who, returning from a day trip to Kandy, called at Dematagoda loco sheds and saw, what he later described a graveyard of 'veritable massive tourism potential' and put the ...
The second Dissanayake cabinet is the current central government of Sri Lanka led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. It was formed on 18 November 2024 after the parliamentary election . [ 1 ]
The Special Task Force (STF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ කාර්ය බලකාය Visesha Karya Balakaya; Tamil: சிறப்பு அதிரடிப் படை) is the tier one police tactical unit of the Sri Lanka Police specialising in anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, clandestine and covert operations, combat and patrolling in urban areas ...