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The business development and customer services for ikman.lk are managed by local staff within Sri Lanka. [3] The ikman.lk website is considered to be the first classifieds portal in the country to offer content in English as well as the country's main Sinhala and Tamil languages. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Prostitution is not as widespread in Sri Lanka as in some neighbouring countries. [4] It is estimated that there are 40,000 prostitutes (known as "ගණිකාව" (Ganikawa)) [5] in the country, [6] and nearly half of them operate in Colombo. [7] Child Sex tourism [4][8] and human trafficking [9] are problems in Sri Lanka.
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
Walauwa. Walauwa or walawwa is the name given to a feudal / colonial manor house in Sri Lanka of a native headmen. It also refers to the feudal social systems that existed during the colonial era. The term walauwa is derived from the Tamil word valavu, which denotes a compound or garden, and by implication, a large house with aristocratic ...
4 × 400 m relay: 3:26.39 A Sri Lanka Dilshan Udunuwara Tharushi Karunarathna Lakshima Mendis Isuru Bans: 18 August 2021 World U20 Championships: Nairobi, Kenya [60] 3:25.41 Sri Lanka Vinod Ariyawansha Jayeshi Uththara Shehan Dilranga Tharushi Karunarathna: 5 June 2023 Asian U20 Championships: Yecheon, South Korea [61] 3:15.41 Sri Lanka Aruna ...
The provinces of Sri Lanka were established by the British in 1833. In independent Sri Lanka, provinces did not have any legal status or power until 1987, when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. [3] [4] Colonial head mudaliyars. Sir Christofel de-Silva (1824–1842)
Offstage, he’s Vincent Furnier, golf fanatic. Alice Cooper is happy to talk about who he really is. “I’m Alice. I’m the master of madness, the sultan of surprise,” he sings on “I’m ...
Population. The Eastern province's population was 1,551,381 in 2012. [2] The province is the most diverse in Sri Lanka, both ethnically and religiously. The population of the province, like that of the Northern Province, was heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. [26]