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The Colombo lighthouse at Colombo Harbour. The current 29-metre-high (95 ft) lighthouse was built in 1952 after the Old Colombo Lighthouse was deactivated when its light became obscured by nearby buildings as part of the Colombo Harbor Expansion project. It was opened by Rt Hon D. S. Senanayake, the first prime minister of Ceylon. Built on a ...
Radio broadcasting in Sri Lanka dates to 1923. Radio broadcasting, like other forms of media in Sri Lanka , is generally divided along linguistic lines with state and private media operators providing services in Sinhala , Tamil , and English language.
At Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters [12] Colombo Chartered Bank Building: Colombo: Colombo: 21 January 2000: Janadipathi Street [12] Colombo Dutch Museum: Pettah: Colombo: 18 June 1999 [13] Colombo Methodist Church: Dam Street: Pettah (GND No. 522) Colombo: 17 May 2013 [14] Colombo Port Custom building: Colombo: Colombo: 21 January 2000: At Sri ...
The 2.4 million TEU capacity Colombo South Container Terminal, the first terminal under new expansion in the Port of Colombo is built by Colombo International Container Terminals Ltd., (CICT), a joint venture company between China Merchants Holdings (International) Co., Ltd. (CMHI) and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). It is developing the ...
Cenotaph War Memorial, Colombo; Central Telegraph Office, Colombo; Colombo City Centre; Colombo Club building; Colombo Lighthouse; Colombo Port Power Station; Colombo Racecourse; Crescat Boulevard; Crown Sri Lanka
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Old Colombo Lighthouse or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in Colombo. The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the tower remains and functions as a clock tower . It is located at the junction of Chatham Street and Janadhipathi Mawatha (formerly Queens Road) in Colombo fort .
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), formerly Radio Ceylon, is the oldest radio station in Asia, and was founded as Colombo Radio in 1925. Edward Harper who was then the Chief Engineer at the Telegraph Department in 1921, was the first person who initiated experimental broadcasts in Ceylon.