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In the 1990s, Sri Lanka Railways converted the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Kelani Valley line into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge. This was the last narrow gauge line left in Sri Lanka, and its conversion to broad gauge put the fleet of narrow gauge locomotives out of use. All operational locomotives in the country today are broad gauge.
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation: Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Colombo: 1925 Broadcasting S A Sri Lanka Insurance: Financials Full line insurance Colombo: 1961 Insurance S A Sri Lanka Ports Authority: Industrials Marine transportation Colombo: 1979 Marine shipping S A Sri Lanka Railways: Industrials Railroads Colombo: 1858 ...
In Sri Lanka, several strands of hair gifted by the Buddhists of Bangladesh, identified as originated from Buddha, are venerated on Poya Day, a Buddhist public holiday in Sri Lanka. [2] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Sri Lanka saw the partition of Pakistan as an example for themselves and feared India might use its enhanced power against ...
The single largest investment in the 140-plus year history of Hayleys (and the largest acquisition of a public listed company at the time) was the 10.8 billion rupee controlling stake of Singer Sri Lanka in 2017, [31] followed by the buying over of the five-star Ceylon Continental Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka (now known as The Kingsbury) in 2010.
Kottawa is a commercial hub with several banks, [4] shops, [5] [6] supermarkets, [7] [8] a post office, bakeries and fuel depots. As a commuter suburb of Colombo, Kottawa has seen land prices increase twenty five to thirty two per cent in recent times, with the average price per perch being between LKR 700,000–1 million.
LMD 100, dubbed as "Sri Lanka's Fortune 500", annually lists the leading 100 quoted companies in Sri Lanka. Only the top 10 companies are listed below. All revenue figures reported before the financial year ending 2024. [2] [3]
The Lanka Hospitals Corporation: 22,351: 0.63 Health Care Equipment and Services: 1997 [39] Teejay Lanka: 22,147: 0.62 Consumer Durables and Apparel: 2000 [40] Brown and Company: 21,422: 0.60 Capital Goods: 1892 [41] Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company: 20,986: 0.59 Food, Beverage and Tobacco: 1981 [42] Sunshine Holdings: 20,909: 0.59 Food, Beverage and ...
Sri Ariyavilasa Road, Horana 0.50 B405 Sri Somananda Mawatha, Horana 0.85 B406 Stony Cliff - Kotagala 6.31 B407 St. Joseph's Street, Negombo 2.82 B408 Talduwa - Meewitigammana 18.90 B409 Talgodapitiya - Yatawatte - Dombawala 29.36 B410 Tangalle - Weeraketiya 14.48 B411 Tawalama - Neluwa - Batuwangala 9.65 B412 Tawalantenne - Talawakela 33.36