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Healthcare in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a free [1] and universal health care system. It scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high Life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors. [2] [3] It is known for having one of the world's earliest known healthcare systems and has its own indigenous ...
The male Sri Lankan junglefowl ranges from 66–72 cm (26–28 in) in length [3] and 790–1,140 g (1.74–2.51 lb) in weight, essentially resembling a large, muscular rooster. [4] The male has orange-red body plumage, and dark purple to black wings and tail. The feathers of the mane descending from head to base of spine are golden, and the ...
Sanath Jayasuriya 6/29 (9.5 overs) Aravinda de Silva 75 * (68) Ian Salisbury 2/36 (4 overs) Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets. Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa. Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Paul Taylor made his debut.
Cricket was introduced to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in the first quarter of the 19th century, following colonisation of the island by the British. The earliest known match was recorded in 1832 and the earliest first-class one in 1926. The national team has played Test cricket from 1982. The national team has achieved international success ...
Poḷonnaruwa, ( Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව, romanized: Poḷonnaruva; Tamil: பொலன்னறுவை, romanized: Polaṉṉaṟuvai) also referred as Pulathisipura and Vijayarajapura in ancient times, is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The modern town of Polonnaruwa is also known ...
Geography of Sri Lanka. / 7°N 81°E / 7; 81. Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, in a strategic location near major sea lanes. [1] The nation has a total area of 65,610 square kilometres (25,330 sq mi), with 64,630 square kilometres (24,950 sq mi) of land and ...
Features. Rekawa Lagoon is a comparatively small coastal lagoon with a water surface area of 2.4 km 2 (0.93 sq mi). [2] The lagoon is connected to the Indian Ocean with a 3 km (1.9 mi) narrow inland waterway. [1] Rekawa lagoon is shallow with a depth of averaging 1.4 m (4.6 ft) and the widest point is approximately 2.5 km (1.6 mi). [3]
Bob Willis (20) ←. →. A cricket team from England, organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club, toured India and Sri Lanka in the 1976-77 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team, with England winning three matches, India winning one and the other one being drawn. The MCC team played four matches in ...