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A test match between Sri Lanka and England at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, March 2001. Cricket is the most popular sport in Sri Lanka. [8] It is one of the twelve nations that are full members and take part in test cricket and one of the seven nations that has won a Cricket World Cup. Cricket is played at professional, semi ...
Sri Lanka Rugby is the governing body for rugby union in Sri Lanka. It is one of the oldest governing bodies in the world, being founded as the Ceylon Rugby Football Union in 1908. [ 1 ]
Centre for Defence Research and Development (Sri Lanka) N. National Institute of Fundamental Studies; National Research Council of Sri Lanka; S.
Asian-German Sports Exchange Program (AGSEP), is a non-governmental organisation operating in the development sector in Sri Lanka with a partner office in Essen, Germany. AGSEP describes itself as Government Associated Organisation because of its consultancy status to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Disaster Relief Services and the Ministry for ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 4 September 2015 - 12 April 2018 Faiszer Musthapha: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 12 April 2018 - 15 December 2018 Harin Fernando: United National Party: 20 December 2018 - 15 November 2019 Dullas Alahapperuma: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 22 November 2019 – 12 August 2020 Namal Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
The apex body in Sri Lanka for government research funding is the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. [2] The Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD), a joint program between the Sri Lankan government and the World Bank, provides research grants to Sri Lanka's higher education institutes.
Rugby union in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level. It is a popular team sport with a history dating back to 1879. In 2012, according to International Rugby Board figures, there were over 160,000 registered rugby union players in Sri Lanka, making it the second largest rugby-playing nation in Asia, behind Japan.
The National Research Council of Sri Lanka (NRC) is a funding agency in Sri Lanka, providing financial assistance to public sector scientists. It was established as a statutory body through an act of parliament in 2016 by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The NRC aims to foster and facilitate research in the ...