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The Colombo Old Town Hall & Museum, which was built by the prominent Muslim Arasi Marikar Wapchie Marikar, is located at Kayman's Gate, so named because the Dutch used to stock crocodiles at Beira Lake to prevent their slaves from escaping. Today the building acts as a post office on the ground floor, and as a museum on the upper floor.
In 2011, the Company secured a provisional commercial banking license from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and commenced operations in 2014. Cargills acquired the franchise license for T.G.I. Friday's and opened its first restaurant at Colombo Fort in October 2013. The restaurant was later relocated to the One Galle Face mall in Colombo.
The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) (Sinhala: ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්යස්ථානය, romanized: Lōka Veḷen̆da Madhyasthānaya; Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக மையம், romanized: Ulaka Varttaka Maiyam) is a 152-metre-tall (499 ft) twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey ...
Ceylon Cold Stores was established in 1866 as the Colombo Ice Company, which in 1863 imported the country's first ice-making machine. With an initial capital of £1,600, two steam engines of 8 and 9 horsepower, and a total of 22 employees, the company started producing ice on a commercial scale. [ 3 ]
Sri Lanka Cricket: Tenants: Sri Lanka Cricket: End names: Janashakthi Complex End Scoreboard End: International information; First Test: 17–21 February 1982: Sri Lanka v England: Last Test: 22–26 August 2019: Sri Lanka v New Zealand: First ODI: 13 April 1983: Sri Lanka v Australia: Last ODI: 20 July 2007: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh: First T20I ...
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.
He was killed while besieging Colombo. The hill on which he had his headquarters was named 'Hulft's Dorp' during the Dutch occupation. [ 4 ] Nowadays, Hulftsdorp is regarded as the centre of legal activity in Colombo being the location of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka , Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka , Hulftsdorp court complex and Sri Lanka Law ...
In 2012, it was redeveloped as the Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex to become the first International Rugby Union ground in Sri Lanka to host all the national rugby union side's home matches. In 2014, the ground went through a major renovation, which included the installation of floodlights and the conversion of a substantial part of the ...