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Mahawa
Mahawa (also known as Maho) ( si, මහව) is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is located in the Kurunegala District. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus and Christians live in this town. The town is situated north-west of the Yapahuwa Rock Fortress. In addition the area contains some famous irrigation tanks such as "Mediyawa" and "Abakolawewa". Transport It has a railway station, Maho railway station (also known as Mahawa railway station), which is located on the Northern line, which runs from Polgahawela to Kankesanthurai. It is near the junction of the Northern Line and the Batticaloa Line The Batticaloa line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the Northern line at Maho Junction, the line heads east through North Central Province and south-easterly through Eastern Province before terminating at the eastern city of Batt .... Education Education is delivered free of charge to all students of national schools, according to the government pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maho Railway Station
Maho Junction Railway Station (also known as ''Mahawa railway station'') is a junction railway station in the town of Mahawa. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern line which links north of the country with the capital Colombo. The station is the 46th station and is located from Colombo Fort, from Polgahawela and situated above sea level. The station opened in 1903 when the Northern line was extended from Kurunegala to Anuradhapura. In 1926 the station became a junction station, following the completion of the Batticaloa line The Batticaloa line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the Northern line at Maho Junction, the line heads east through North Central Province and south-easterly through Eastern Province before terminating at the eastern city of Batt .... Continuity References Railway stations on the Northern Line (Sri Lanka) Railway stations on the Batticaloa Line Railway stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayaba National College
Vijayaba National College, Maho, is a government school established in 1946, by the one out of the 25 central schools pioneered by the minister of education C. W. W. Kannangara with the idea of promoting the education in rural areas and to give equal facilities for the students in those schools. Vijayaba National College is one of the leading schools in the Maho town with a student population of approximately 3000. History Founded in 1946, Vijayaba National College is a school in Maho town with a student population of approximately 3000. It is situated in Maho, and is one of the 25 central schools pioneered by the minister of education Mr. C. W. W. Kannangara with the idea of promoting education in rural areas and giving equal facilities for the students in those schools. The school was opened temporarily at the Balalla Boys School on 3 January 1946 with 13 students and five teachers. Very soon the new buildings were built in Maho town and the school was shifted to Maho on 3 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batticaloa Line
The Batticaloa line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the Northern line at Maho Junction, the line heads east through North Central Province and south-easterly through Eastern Province before terminating at the eastern city of Batticaloa. The line is long and has 31 stations. The line opened in 1928. There were no services on the Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa stretch of the line between 31 October 1996 and 12 April 2003 due to the civil war. The ''Udaya Devi'' service operates on the line. Route definition The Batticaloa line runs through the North Central and Eastern Provinces, connecting Mahawa (Maho Junction) on the Northern Line with the eastern city of Batticaloa. The line runs east of Maho Junction towards Habarana. At Habarana, the construction of a new line to connect to Kurunegala has been proposed in June 2013 to cut short journey times between Colombo and Batticaloa-line destinations. East of Habarana, the Trincomalee Line diverges off the Batticaloa line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapahuwa
Yapahuwa (Sinhalese language : යාපහුව) was one of the ephemeral capitals of medieval Sri Lanka. The citadel of Yapahuwa lying midway between Kurunagala and Anuradhapura was built around a huge granite rock rising abruptly almost a hundred meters above the surrounding lowlands. In 1272, King Bhuvenakabahu transferred the capital from Polonnaruwa to Yapahuwa in the face of Dravidian invasions from South India, bringing the Sacred Tooth Relic with him. Following the death of King Bhuvenakabahu in 1284, the Pandyans of South India invaded Sri Lanka once again, and succeeded in capturing Sacred Tooth Relic. Following its capture, Yapahuwa was largely abandoned and inhabited by Buddhist monks and religious ascetics. Location and Name The rock fortress complex of Yapahuwa is situated in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is approximately between southeast of Mahawa midway Kurunegala and Anuradhapura. The original name of this Buddhist Heritage is Yapawwa, but now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Western Province, Sri Lanka
North Western Province ( si, වයඹ පළාත ''Wayamba Paḷāta'', ta, வட மேல் மாகாணம் ''Vada Mael Mākāṇam'') is a province of Sri Lanka. The province consists of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. Its capital is Kurunegala, which has a population of 28,571. The province is known mainly for its numerous coconut plantations. Other main towns in this province are Chilaw (24,712) and Puttalam (45,661), which are both small fishing towns. The majority of the population of Wayamba province is of Sinhalese ethnicity. There is also a substantial Sri Lankan Moor minority around Puttalam and Sri Lankan Tamils in Udappu and Munneswaram. Fishing, prawn farming and rubber tree plantations are other prominent industries of the region. The province has an area of 7,888 km2, and a population of 2,370,075 (2011 census). Geography Climate The climate of Wayamba is tropical, with a marked dry season, and temperatures averaging between 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurunegala District
Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Consists of and consists 30 Divisional Secretariats, 1610 Grama Niladari Divisions and 4476 total Villages. It consists of 14 Electorate Divisions, 02 Municipal Council, 19 Urban Councils, 15 Parliamentary Ministers, 47 Provincial Council Members, 15 Ministers and 337 Local Council Members.http://www.parliament.lk/uploads/documents/paperspresented/performance_report_district_secretariat_kurunegala_2012.pdf Geography Considering Geographical Situation of the Kurunegala District, it has been bounded by six Districts. From the North by Anuradhapura District, East by Mathale and Kandy District, South By Gampaha and Kegalle District and from West by Puttlam District. Longitude location of the District is north Latitude 228- 333 and East Latitude 104–178. History Kurunegala has very special historical background among other Districts. That is it consists of four ancient kingdoms namely Panduwasnuwara, Kurunegala, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Post
The Department of Posts, functioning under the brand name Sri Lanka Post ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා තැපැල් ''Shri Lanka Tæpæl''), is a government operated postal system in Sri Lanka. The postal headquarters is the General Post Office which is located in Colombo. The department itself comes under the purview of the Ministry of Information and Mass Media. It was formerly known as the ''Ceylon Post and Telecommunications Department'' and is one of the oldest Government departments in existence today. The head of the Sri Lanka Post is the Postmaster General, currently Ranjith Ariyaratne. Assisting in administration there is a deputy Postmaster General in every province. Sri Lanka Post employs more than 22,000 employees in various positions to staff and support the 4738 post offices across the country. History Sri Lanka Post has a long history of 222 years, dating back to 1798, when the colonial Dutch rulers started five post offices in the Maritime Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Sri Lanka
Emergency Services *110 - Fire and Rescue Service *112 - Police Emergency Service (Mobile) *114 - Operational Commander Colombo (Sri Lanka Army) *116 - Sri Lanka Air Force Emergency Service *117 - Disaster Management Call Centre *118 - National Help Desk (Ministry of Defence) *119 - Police Emergency Service *1990 - Emergency ambulance service 4 Digit Short Codes *Short Codes in 19XX Range for Government Organizations *Short Codes in 13XX Range for Private Sector Organizations Operator Hotlines * 1755 - Airtel * 1777 - Dialog * 1788 - Hutch * 1575 - Lanka Bell * 1212 - SLT-MOBITEL * 1717 - SLT-MOBITEL Fixed line (landline) codes Fixed Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx y zzzzzz format where: * "xxx" represents the area code. All area codes begin with 0. * "y" represents the operator code for fixed (landline) numbers. * "zzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of six digits. Area codes Operator codes Mobile operator codes Mobile n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassell (publisher)
Cassell & Co is a British publishing, book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company. In 1995, Cassell & Co acquired Pinter Publishers. In December 1998, Cassell & Co was bought by the Orion Publishing Group. In January 2002, Cassell imprints, including the Cassell Reference and Cassell Military were joined with the Weidenfeld imprints to form a new division under the name of Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. Cassell Illustrated survives as an imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group. History John Cassell (1817–1865), who was in turn a carpenter, temperance preacher, tea and coffee merchant, finally turned to publishing. His first publication was on 1 July 1848, a weekly newspaper called ''The Standard of Freedom'' advocating religious, political, and commercial freedom. ''The Working Man's Friend and Family Instructor, The Working Man's Friend'' became another popular publication. In 1849 Casse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SLR M8 Loco
SLR may refer to: Science and technology * Satellite laser ranging * Scalable Linear Recording tape drive backup * Sea level rise * Self-loading rifle or semi-automatic rifle ** The UK L1A1 SLR rifle * Semi-linear resolution, a search algorithm * Sending loudness rating for microphones * Simple LR parser (Simple Left-to-right parser) * Single-lens reflex camera ** See also: Digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) * SLR (company), a virtual reality company * Service List Registry, of audiovisual services Transport * Holden Torana SLR5000 car * Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR * Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren * Shimano Linear Response, a bicycle component * Sri Lanka Railways * St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad reporting mark Other uses * ''Stanford Law Review'' * Statutory liquidity ratio In India, the Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) is the Government term for the reserve requirement that commercial banks are required to maintain in the form of cash, gold reserves,G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
