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Sri Lanka competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This marked Sri Lanka's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon.
Muslims form a large segment of the urban population of Sri Lanka and are mostly concentrated in major cities and large towns in Sri Lanka, like Colombo. [5] Most Sri Lankan Muslims primarily speak Tamil , though it is not uncommon for Sri Lankan Muslims to be fluent in Sinhalese . [ 5 ]
Due to Sri Lanka's close proximity to Southern India, Dravidian influence on Sri Lanka has been very active since the early Iron Age or megalithic period. [2] During the protohistoric period (1000-500 B.C.) Sri Lanka was culturally united with southern India, [3] and shared the same megalithic burials, pottery, iron technology, farming ...
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sinha Flag Lion Flag: Use: Civil and state flag, civil ensign: Proportion: 1:2: Adopted: 22 May 1972: Design: A golden field with two panels: the smaller hoist-side panel has only two vertical bands of teal and orange and the larger fly-side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the ...
Sri Lankan nationality law details the conditions in which a person is a national of Sri Lanka. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the Ceylon Citizenship Act, which came into force on 15 November 1948. Any person born in Sri Lanka to a Sri Lankan parent is automatically a citizen by descent.
The concept of establishing the Open University of Sri Lanka was by Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne the Cabinet Minister of Education & Higher Education at the time. [3] [4]As Cabinet Minister of Education and Higher Education, [5] Wijeyeratne introduced the Universities Act No 16 of 1978 to Parliament. [3]
Twilight of the tigers: peace efforts and power struggles in Sri Lanka. (Oxford University Press, 2009). Silva, K. M. de History of Sri Lanka (1982) pp 239–488 online ; Silva, R. Kumar de, and Willemina G. M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon, 1602–1796. Serendib Publications, London, 1988. Sivasundaram, Sujit.
In Sri Lanka, privately-run schools that follow the local curriculum are generally referred to as "private schools." These schools are particularly popular among parents who value education in the national languages of Sinhala, Tamil, and English. whereas some private schools with local curriculums may only offer English-medium education.