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Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 25 November 2005 23 April 2010 Mahinda Rajapaksa. D. M. Jayaratne: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 April 2010 9 January 2015 Karu Jayasuriya: United National Party: 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena: Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: United National Party: 4 September 2015 23 August 2017 Gamini Jayawickrama Perera ...
The districts of Sri Lanka are further divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats. They were originally based on the feudal counties, the korales and ratas. Divisional secretariats are the third-level administrative divisions of the country and there are currently [as of?] 331 divisional secretariats in Sri Lanka. [1]
Grama Niladhari (English: village leader, [1] Sinhala: ග්රාම නිලධාරී) is a Sri Lankan public official appointed by the central government by the act No.2 of 1993. [2] Grama Niladhari (GN) are entrusted with multifaceted duties and responsibilities under as 46 legislative enactments [ 3 ] [ 4 ] of Sri Lanka.
In countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Fiji and Mauritius, the nature of service activities is very much similar to India (which is humanitarianism and spirituality). In other parts of the world, especially in Europe , Canada , United States , Japan , and Australia , the work is mostly confined to the preaching of Vedanta , the ...
History of Sri Lanka: From Earliest Times Up to the Sixteenth Century. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4. Yogasundaram, Nath (2006). A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami. Vijitha Yapa Publishers. ISBN 978-955-665-002-0. Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka. Greenwood Publishing Group.
In Sri Lanka, halal certification is carried out by the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), the group of Islamic clerics, to Sri Lanka. Certificates are only issued to businesses that request it, and the certificate is issued for a fee where the contributions are used by the ACJU to fund Islamic religious activities. [ 78 ]
Maha Bodhi Society branches have been established in several countries, most significantly in India and Sri Lanka. A United States branch was founded by Dr. Paul Carus in Chicago. [10] The Mahā Bodhī Society of Beṅgaḷūru , founded by Buddharakkhita Ācariya in 1956, is a sister organization that functions and is administered independently
The chief minister of Bihar serves as the head of the Government of Bihar, overseeing its administration and governance within the constitutional framework of India. [2] [3] While the Governor of Bihar holds the ceremonial role of the constitutional head, real executive authority rests with the chief minister, who is responsible for implementing policies and managing the state’s day-to-day ...