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Hundreds of thousands of people from across Sri Lanka had defied a national curfew - they braved tear gas shells and water cannons to march peacefully to the presidential palace, calling on ...
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.
Cinnamon Gardens (Sinhala: කුරුඳු වත්ත Kurundu Vaththa, Tamil: கறுவாத் தோட்டம்) is an affluent neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located 3 kilometers south-east from Colombo's centre. Cinnamon Gardens is named from the former cinnamon plantation in this area. In the year 1789, there were 289 ...
The Arcade Independence Square is a shopping complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka.Housed in a group of renovated buildings including the former Jawatta Lunatic Asylum and the former Western Provincial Council Building, it was built as a part of the Independence Square Redevelopment programme initiated by the national government.
Havelock City is a large mixed-use real-estate project in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Residential component of the project consists of 8 residential towers and the Commercial component of the project consists of a 46-storey office tower and a Shopping Mall built to international standards. It is popular for its clubhouse, 7-acre garden, and the ...
Tamil Chetties (Indian) Sri Lankan Chetties (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා චෙට්ටි, romanized: Śrī laṁkā Ceṭṭi, Tamil: இலங்கை செட்டி, romanized: Ilaṅkai Ceṭṭi) also known as Colombo Chetties, are an ethnicity in the island of Sri Lanka. [1] Before 2001, they were known as the Sri Lankan ...
National capital status. [edit] Colombo was the capital of the coastal areas controlled by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British from the 1700s to 1815 when the British gained control of the entire island following the Kandyan convention. From then until the 1980s the national capital of the island was Colombo.
Altair is a residential and commercial development under construction in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The building has a 68-floor vertical tower and 63 floor leaning or sloping tower. [4] At 240.0 m (787 ft), the building will be one of the tallest buildings in Colombo when it is completed. The building is situated on the banks of the Beira Lake on a 2 ...