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It is based on market capitalisation. Weighting of shares is conducted in proportion to the issued ordinary capital of the listed companies, valued at current market price (i.e. market capitalisation). The base year is 1985, and the base value of the index is 100. This is the longest and the broadest measure of the Sri Lankan Stock market.
It is the first ever Safari Park in Sri Lanka. [4] In 2008, construction work of park was started by the direction of The National Zoological Department of Sri Lanka. The safari park constructed for the expectation of tourism, and estimated cost for the project is 1.6 billion Sri Lankan rupees. [2]
It is the largest mixed use development project undertaken in Sri Lanka. [6] The fourth and final phase of Havelock City development was completed in August 2021. [7] Mireka Tower, a 50-storey commercial tower on the site of Havelock City, was topped out in August 2020. [8] Chairman of the company, Shing Pee Tao died on 24 September 2021. [9]
What is known today as the National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka was founded by John Hagenbeck in the late 1920s. During John Hagenbeck 's ownership of the zoos the facility was used as a collection centre by his colleague Heinz Randow who collected numerous native and exotic species from across Asia, for Hagenbeck's zoo; Tierpark Hagenbeck .
National parks are a class of protected areas in Sri Lanka and are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation. National parks are governed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937 and may be created, amended or abolished by ministerial order. [1]
In 1949, newly qualified lawyer Geoffrey Bawa bought it from its owner, intending to convert the estate bungalow into a weekend house and create a tropical version of a European renaissance garden. The 25 acres (10 ha) [3] property is located on the banks of the Dedduwa Lake in Bentota. Bawa named the estate Lunuganga, which in Sinhala means ...
Waterfall in the national park. Horton Plains is located on the southern plateau of the central highlands of Sri Lanka. [2] The peaks of Kirigalpoththa (2,389 m (7,838 ft)) and Thotupola Kanda (2,357 m (7,733 ft)), the second and the third highest of Sri Lanka, are situated to the west and north respectively.
Ksheera Sagaraya Kalabina (KSK), (The Milky Ocean Churned: Sinhala: ක්ෂීර සාගරය කැලඹිණ) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhala political, [6] magical realism film directed by Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by H.D. Premasiri for Sarasavi Cineru. [7]