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Sri Lankan Standard Time (SLST) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සම්මත වේලාව, romanized: Shri Lankavay Sammatha Velava, Tamil: இலங்கை நியம நேரம், romanized: Ilaṅkai niyama nēram) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT / UTC ( UTC+05:30) as ...
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon, [b] 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, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
Daylight saving time. In history daylight saving time was used too.. IANA time zone database. The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Sri Lanka in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Colombo.
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Sri Lanka is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. This will mark Sri Lanka's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon.
In some countries, notably Sri Lanka, two days are set aside for the celebration of Vesak, and all liquor shops and slaughter houses are closed by government decree during the two days. Also birds, insects and animals are released by the thousands in what is known as life release to give freedom to those who are in captivity, imprisoned, or ...
This is the map and list of Asian countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in their local currency and in US Dollar. The chart below reflects the average (mean) wage as reported by various data providers.
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms. As commonly conceptualized, the modern states of South Asia include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and with Afghanistan often included, which may otherwise be classified as part of Central Asia.