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This is a list of telegram services by country. Algérie Poste offers electronic telegram services under the name Barki@tic. Correo Argentino still offers telegram service within Argentina and to international destinations. Post Aruba still offers telegram service. Australia Post closed its telegram service on 7 March 2011.
Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [16] [17] [18] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.
Colombo. Country. Sri Lanka. Completed. 1910 or 1911. The Central Telegraph Office is a building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that housed the Ceylon Telegraph Department, the precursor to Sri Lanka Telecom. [ 1] It is situated at Colombo fort along Duke Street, across from the headquarters of the Colombo Metropolitan Police; it was built in 1910 or ...
Rodi or Rodiya (lit., filth) are an untouchable social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. [ 1] Their status was very similar to all the Untouchable castes of India with segregated communities, ritualised begging, economically weakest section of the society. [ 2][page needed]
Pages in category "Social groups of Sri Lanka". The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sri Lanka Kaffirs. Burgher people, also known simply as Burghers, are a small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British [ 2][ 3] and other Europeans who settled in Ceylon. [ 4] The Portuguese and Dutch had held some of the maritime provinces of the island for centuries before the advent of the British Empire ...
Major groups. LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - was the only remaining armed Tamil nationalist group, after successfully liquidating other groups. LTTE was defeated militarily by the Sri Lankan armed forces in May 2009. The leader was V. Prabakaran. EPRLF Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front - a part of the TNA.
Culturally, Sri Lanka possesses strong links to both India and Southeast Asia. [ 1] For over 2,500 years, India and Sri Lanka have nurtured a legacy of historical, cultural, religious, spiritual, and linguistic connections. The country has a rich artistic tradition, with distinct creative forms that encompass music, dance, and the visual arts.