Infomation of sri lanka: May 2009

Saturday, May 16, 2009

about sri lanka

Geography
An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast tip of India, Sri Lanka is about half the size of Alabama. Most of the land is flat and rolling; mountains in the south-central region rise to over 8,000 ft (2,438 m).

Government
Republic.

President: Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005)

Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayaka (2005)

Land area: 24,996 sq mi (64,740 sq km); total area: 25,332 sq mi (65,610 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 20,926,315 (growth rate: 1.0%); birth rate: 17.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 19.5/1000; life expectancy: 74.8; density per sq mi: 809

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Colombo, 2,436,000 (metro. area), 656,100 (city proper). Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, 118,300

Other large cities: Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 214,300; Moratuwa, 181,000; Kandy, 112,400

Monetary unit: Sri Lanka rupee

Current government officials
Languages: Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and spoken competently by about 10%

Ethnicity/race: Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001)

Religions: Buddhist 70%, Islam 8%, Hindu 7%, Christian 6% (2001)

Government web sites

Corporations/ Statutory Boards

http://www.gov.lk/public/groups.asp?xi=71

Departments

http://www.gov.lk/public/groups.asp?xi=142

Ministries

http://www.gov.lk/public/groups.asp?xi=64

Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka

http://www.gov.lk/

Public Companies

http://www.gov.lk/eportal/links/index.asp?xp=335

Ceylon Tourist

Ceylon Tourist Board 2437059

Museums
National Museum – Colombo 2694767
Dutch Period Museum 2448466
National Museum – Kandy (081) 222 3867
National Museum – Ratnapura (045) 222 2451
National Maritime Museum – Galle (091) 224 2261
Walisinghe Harischandra Memorial Museum (031) 223 3644

Archaeological Sites
Dept. of Archaeology 2694727

Wildlife
National Zoologicalcal Garden 2712751
Dept. of Wildlife Conservation 2694241

National Botanical Gardens
Peradeniya (081) 238 8307
Hakgala (052) 222 2182
Gampaha (033) 222 2316

National Parks
Yala National Park (047) 223 7378
Udawalawe National Park (047) 223 3292
Horton Plains (060) 252 2042

Friday, May 15, 2009

News Papers in sri lanka

News Papers

Daily News
Daily Mirror
Sunday Observer
Sunday Times
The Nation
Divaina ( Sinhala-language )
Lakbima ( Sinhala-language )
Lankadeepa ( Sinhala-language)
Silumina ( Sinhala-language)
Irudina ( Sinhala-language)
Rivira ( Sinhala-language)
Uthayan ( Tamil-language )
The Island

News papersWeb sites
http://www.dailynews.lk/
http://www.dailymirror.lk/
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/
http://www.nation.lk/
http://www.divaina.com/
http://www.lakbima.lk/
http://www.lankadeepa.lk/
http://www.silumina.lk/
http://www.irudina.lk/
http://www.rivira.lk/
http://www.silumina.lk/
http://www.island.lk/

TV Stations
TV Channel
Rupavahini and Channel Eye
Independent Television Network (ITN)
Sirasa TV
MTV
Shakthi TV
TNL
Dynavision
Derana
TVLanka
Max TV
ETV
Swarnavahini