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  2. Climate change in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Climate change is an important issue in Sri Lanka, and its effects threaten to impact both human and natural systems. Roughly 50 percent of its 22 million citizens live in low-lying coastal areas in the west, south, and south-west of the island, and are at risk of future sea level rise. [1] Climate change also threatens the island's ...

  3. Government Agent (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    A Government Agent (GA) or a District Secretary is a Sri Lankan civil servant of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service appointed by the central government to govern a certain district of the country. The GA is the administrative head of public services in the District. As Sri Lanka has 25 districts, there are 25 governments agents at any given time.

  4. List of government-owned companies of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Cement Corporation. Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation. Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board. Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation. Sri Lanka Ports Authority. Sri Lanka Railway Authority. Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing Export Co. Ltd. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

  5. Government of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Government of Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka ( GoSL) ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය, romanized: Śrī Lankā Rajaya; Tamil: இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்) is a Semi-presidential republic determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution. It administers the island from both its commercial capital of Colombo ...

  6. Kinniya - Wikipedia

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    35,645. Kinniya ( Tamil: கிண்ணியா, romanized: Kiṇṇiyā; Sinhala: කින්නියා, romanized: Kinniyā) is a town on the east coast of Sri Lanka, in the Trincomalee District of the Eastern Province. It is about 20 km (12 mi) from the city of Trincomalee and 240 km (150 mi) from Colombo. Located in Sri Lanka's dry ...

  7. Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia - Wikipedia

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    Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ( Sinhala: දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස, romanized: Dehivala-Galkissa; Tamil: தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை, romanized: Tehivaḷai-Kalkicai ), population 245,974 (2012), [2] is a large municipality in Sri Lanka, covering 2,109 ha (5,210 acres). It lies south of the Colombo Municipal Council ...

  8. Politics of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Politics of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in the ...

  9. Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

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    It was established to develop the economy of Sri Lanka through ICT. To this end, it works to improve the country's technological capacity, such as building infrastructure, and the readiness of its people, through education and human resources. It is also active in developing regulations around the use of technology and disseminating information ...