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The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel. [ 1][ 3]
Agriculture in Sri Lanka. Aerial view of the Southern Province showing the land use patterns of the coastal belt. The primary form of agriculture in Sri Lanka is rice production. Rice is cultivated during Maha and Yala seasons. [1] Tea is cultivated in the central highlands and is a major source of foreign exchange.
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress: 12 January 2015 - 15 November 2019 Maithripala Sirisena: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 22 November 2019 - 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Vasudeva Nanayakkara: Democratic Left Front: 12 August 2020 - Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Keheliya Rambukwella: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 23 May 2022 - 19 January ...
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [42] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [43]
The tank cascade system ( Sinhala: එල්ලංගාව, romanized: ellangāva) is an ancient Sri Lankan irrigation system. It is a network of thousands of small tanks ( Sinhala: වැව, romanized: wewa) draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and surface runoff for later use. They make agriculture possible in the dry-zone ...
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (commonly abbreviated as NWSDB) is the National Organization responsible for the provision of safe drinking water and facilitating the provision of sanitation to the people in Sri Lanka. The organization had its beginning as a subdepartment under the Public Works Department for water supply and drainage.
Mahaweli Development programme. The Mahaweli Development program ( Sinhala: මහවැලි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන) is known as the largest multipurpose national development program in the history of Sri Lanka and is also considered the keystone of the government's development program that was initiated in 1961.
The Ministry of Agriculture[ 2] ( Sinhala: කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for agriculture. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other ...