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The commission has recently been assigned the task of producing Sri Lanka's long-term power generation plan in the middle of power shortages and an impending energy crisis in the country- the Electricity Supply 2020 and Beyond report has been the subject of minor controversy, with unionized employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board in ...
Postal Service: Sri Lanka Post. Radio broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 54, SW 5. Television broadcast stations: 19 (2009) Satellite Earth Stations located: Padukka and Colombo. Internet Service Providers: 9. Country code / Top-level domain: +94/LK.
079. Unallocated. Mobile numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx zzzzzzz format where: "xxx" represents the mobile operator code when contacting a mobile number. All mobile operator codes begin with 07. "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.
LankaClear (formerly National Cheque Clearing House) is the largest payments infrastructure provider in Sri Lanka. Established in February 2002, the organization is owned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and all CBSL-licensed commercial banks in the country. LankaClear is the operator of LankaPay, the country's largest interbank payment ...
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) is a government agency of Sri Lanka, tasked with overseeing overseas employment of Sri Lankan Citizens and their welfare. It was established in 1985, under the provisions of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Act. No. 21 of 1985 from which it derives its remit and powers. [1]
Sri Lanka's population, (1871–2001) Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people and an annual population growth rate of 0.5%. The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, and the death rate is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people. [266] Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka, especially in and around the capital.
The mixed economy of Sri Lanka was worth $84 billion by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 [32] and $296.959 billion by purchasing power parity (PPP). [33] The country had experienced an annual growth of 6.4 percent from 2003 to 2012, well above its regional peers.
The Twenty-first Amendment (21A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka [1] was passed by the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament with 179 voting in favor, 1 against and 45 abstained on 21 October 2022. [2] [3] The bill was passed with a two-third majority and it was reported that only one MP Sarath Weerasekara voted against the bill while 45 MPs were ...