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The National Library and Documentation Services Board was established under the act No: 51 of 1998 [1] succeeding the Sri Lanka National Library Services Board which was established in 1970. The board is placed under the Ministry of Education. The present Board of Directors consists of 11 members including a full-time Chairman.
1.11 ha. Design and construction. Architect (s) Michael Brawne. Developer. Ministry of Housing and Construction. National Library of Sri Lanka is a research and a reference library and the main library and information centre in Sri Lanka. It is located on Independence Avenue, Colombo .
The history of Sri Lanka is unique because its relevance and richness extend beyond the areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. The early human remains which were found on the island of Sri Lanka date back to about 38,000 years ago (Balangoda Man). The historical period roughly begins in the 3rd century BCE, based on Pali ...
Piyadasa Sirisena was a Ceylonese pioneer novelist, patriot, journalist, temperance worker and independence activist. [1] He was the author of some of the bestselling Sinhalese novels in early 20th century. A follower of Anagarika Dharmapala, Siresena was the most popular novelist of the era and most of his novels were on nationalistic and ...
Nandhimitra ( Sinhala: නන්දිමිත්ර) (also known as Nandhimitta) was the best known and the leader of the ten giant warriors. He was the nephew of Mitta, a well known strong great general in King Dutugemunu's army, and was named after him. It is said that he had the strength of ten elephants and that he was the most skilled ...
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), was assassinated by the Buddhist priest Talduwe Somarama Thero on September 25, 1959, while meeting the public at his private residence, Tintagel, at Rosemead Place in Colombo. Shot in the chest, abdomen, and hand, Bandaranaike died the following day at Merchant's ...
Yalpana Vaipava Malai. Categories: History books about countries. Books about Sri Lanka. Works about Sri Lankan history. History books about Asia.
da Silva, O. M. (1990). Fidalgos in the kingdom of Kotte, Sri Lanka, 1505-1656: the Portuguese in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Harwoods Publishers. Paul E. Peiris, Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658, Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992.