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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 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
Diyagama, Sri Lanka [17] Triple jump: 16.71 m (−0.5 m/s) Greshan Dananjaya: 22 February 2019 National Trials Colombo, Sri Lanka [18] 16.72 m (+1.5 m/s) Greshan Dananjaya: 31 March 2023 58th National Army Championships Diyagama, Sri Lanka [19] Shot put: 17.55 m Charith Kapukotuwa: 1 June 2017 National Trials Diyagama, Sri Lanka [14] Discus ...
The National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS) (Sinhala: ජාතික මූලික අධ්යන ආයතනය) is a government multidisciplinary research institute in Sri Lanka, [1] established in 1981. The NIFS is the only Institute in Sri Lanka which exists for the sole purpose of conducting research in natural and social ...
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.
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 ]
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.
Centre for Defence Research and Development (CDRD) is a Sri Lankan Research and Development (R&D) institute under the Ministry of Defence responsible for the development technology for the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. The CDRD cooperates with various branches of the military as well as other entities and is engaged in the development of both ...