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Malabe
Malabe ( si, මාළබේ, ta, மாலபே) is a suburb of Colombo in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a crucial economic centre in Colombo. Etymology The name ‘Malabe’, is believed to be derived from the classical Sinhala name ''Maha Lahamba'', meaning "the large forest". Industries Malabe is the home to the MillenniumIT (known as Millennium Information Technologies or MIT), a Sri Lankan-based information technology firm that specialises in electronic trading systems and a fully owned technology business sector of London Stock Exchange Group, SPAR. Education There is a number of state and private schools in Malabe and there are several private degree-awarding institutes. Private Higher Education Institutes *Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology *CINEC Maritime Campus * Horizon Campus Schools * Malabe Boys Model S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Institute Of Information Technology
The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය; ta, இலங்கை தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம்) (also known as SLIIT) is a non-profit private university in Sri Lanka specialising in technology and management.http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/10/1936-51_E.pdf It has two campuses and four regional centres, the main campus being based in Malabe and a Metropolitan Campus in Colombo. SLIIT is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and International Association of Universities, and has several partnerships with international universities. History Founding Lalith Athulathmudali who was then the Minister of Trade and Shipping, originally had the Mahapola Trust Fund acquire in Malabe in the 1980s with the expectation of building a Technological University and the headquarters of the Mahapola Trust Fund. Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokandara
Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo. It is located approximately from the city centre of Colombo, adjacent to Thalawathugoda to the west, Pelawatte on the north-west, Malabe on the north, Aturugiriya on the east and Pannipitiya on the south. It sits astride the Hokandara-Kottawa Road and the Malabe-Aturugiriya (Borella) Road. Originally a working-class and farming area, since the 1990s Hokandara has become an increasingly upper-middle and middle-class residential area. Sub areas such as Arangala, Everihena, Wellangiriya and Horahena belongs to Hokandara. History The Rajavaliya mentions that King Rajasinghe I levied troops from Hokandara, prior to the Battle of Mulleriyawa The Battle of Mulleriyawa ( si, මුල්ලේරියාව සටන) in 1559 was part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It was one of the most decisive battles in Sri Lankan history and considered as the worst defeat of Portuguese dur ... in 1561. An Area which highly agriculture is done . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizon Campus
Horizon Campus is a leading private university in Sri Lanka Faculties * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Information Technology * Faculty of Law * Faculty of Management * Faculty of Science * Faculty of Nursing * Faculty of Technology Memberships Horizon Campus is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities. It is also an institutional member of the Asia Pacific Quality Network It is a recognised teaching centre of the University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre .... References {{authority control Educational institutions established in 2008 Universities and colleges in Colombo 2008 establishments in Sri Lanka Universities in Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battaramulla
Battaramulla is a suburb of Colombo, situated from the city centre at Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the Colombo District, being home to the country's elite. Battaramulla is an important town in Sri Lanka, because of the Sri Lankan government's decision to locate all the government department head offices in this town. History Battaramulla is adjacent to Kotte, which lay on the opposite side of the Diyawanna Oya. At the time of the Kotte Kingdom, the cooks at the royal palace would travel there daily by ferry across the Diyawanna Oya. The place they embarked was called ''bat-tota-mulla'' ('cooked rice-landing-corner', 'cooked rice' being a synonym for a meal), which became 'Battaramulla'. Kotiyagoda, a suburb of Battaramulla, derived its name from ''kotuwe-egoda'' ('the shore opposite the fortress'). This pattern was followed when the Parliament was shifted to the Doowa i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo Monorail
The Colombo Monorail was a proposed monorail system to be built in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The project was estimated to cost US$ 1.3 billion. Construction was proposed to begin in 2Q 2015. However a Japanese JICA transportation master plan for Colombo did not recommend a Monorail as a priority and recommended a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) , Railway electrification and an overhead light rail system instead. A separate study by the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development also concluded that a light rail system to be much more feasible than a monorail, and recommended light rail, an electrified railway system and an inland water transport (a brand new boat/ferry service that utilises Colombo’s historic canal network) under the Western Region Megapolis project. # Lines The monorail was to consist of two lines, one from Malabe into the city through Thalahena, Robert Gunawardena Mawatha, Rajagiriya and Horton Place, and another from Moratuwa passing Dehiwala and Wellawatte and passin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MillenniumIT
MillenniumIT ESP is a Sri Lanka-based information technology firm that specialises in electronic trading systems, and capital market technology solutions, and is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It has been a fully owned technology business sector of London Stock Exchange Group since 2009. It rebranded in 2017 as LSEG Technology. MillenniumIT's systems are used by exchange businesses around the world including, London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana, Turquoise, the London Metal Exchange, Johannesburg Stock Exchange and a series of emerging market exchanges. History The company was founded in 1996 by Tony Weerasinghe as a systems integrator and Sun Microsystems authorized reseller. MillenniumIT entered the software design field the following year when it interpreted a systems integration contract from the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) as an opportunity to design and install a straight-through processing system for the Exchange. The CSE solution became the basis for Millennium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athurugiriya
Athurugiriya is a suburb of Colombo in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the Kotte-Bope Road (B 240) about away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a highly sought after residential centre in Colombo. History History of the area dates back to at least 212 BC. The historic cave temple complex, Korathota Raja Maha Vihara, is located north from the city centre. Brahmi inscriptions on the cave temple mention a dedication from the daughter of King Walagamba and a local official. This temple has two important historical inscriptions, which says this temple was offer to Maha Sanga by a daughter of Mahachula Mahatissa. Second one says one cave offered to Maha Sanga by a provincial leader call Sumana. Transport Athurugiriya has one of the interchanges of Outer Circular Expressway, which is located at Pore, about from Colombo centre. Athurugiriya is a major urban centre located along the road connecting Malabe on New Kandy Road, and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaduwela, Western Province
Kaduwela ( si, කඩුවෙල, ta, கடுவெலை) is a suburb of Colombo in the Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is located about from Colombo city centre on the Colombo - Avissawella Old Road (Low Level Road) and about from Kollupitiya on the New Kandy Road from Ethulkotte to Kandy. Etymology Kaduwela was originally ''Kadudevola'', a compound of ''Kadu'' (sword) and ''Devola'' (shrine). It was the location of a shrine of the goddess Pattini, linked to a golden sword used in the 'water cutting' ritual. The shrine is called the ''Purana Rankadu Pattini Maha Devale'' (ancient great shrine of the golden-sword Pattini). In another possibility Kaduwela simply means the jungle paddy field. Kadu means jungle (Sorata Thera's Sinhala–Sinhala dictionary) and wela means paddy field. There is also another Kaduwela in the Ukuwela division of Matale district According to Robert Percival of the 19th Regiment of Foot, during the Revolt of 1797 against the Dutch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, commonly known as Kotte (), is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a satellite city and located within the urban area of Sri Lanka's de facto economic, executive, and judicial capital, Colombo. The Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council area is bounded in: * the North by Kolonnawa Urban Council area, * the North-East by the Kotikawatta–Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha area, * the East by the Kaduwela Municipal Council area, * the South-East by the Maharagama Urban Council area, * the South-West by the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council and * the West by the Colombo Municipal Council area, which is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. History The village of Darugama lay at the confluence of two streams, the Diyawanna Oya and the Kolonnawa Oya. As Darugama was a naturally secure place, it was not easy for enemies to enter it. Here, in the 13th century, a local chieftain, Nissanka Alagakkonara, built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bus Rapid Transit
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes roadways that are dedicated to buses, and gives priority to buses at intersections where buses may interact with other traffic; alongside design features to reduce delays caused by passengers boarding or leaving buses, or paying fares. BRT aims to combine the capacity and speed of a light rail or metro system (LRT, HRT) with the flexibility, lower cost and simplicity of a bus system. The world's first BRT system was the Busway in Runcorn New Town, England, which entered service in 1971. , a total of 166 cities in six continents have implemented BRT systems, accounting for of BRT lanes and about 32.2 million passengers every day. The majority of these are in Latin America, where about 19.6 million passengers ride daily, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery
Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery is an organization of Buddhist monasteries of Sri Lankan origin established to benefit the spiritual development of human beings using the teachings of Gautama Buddha. Its main monastery is in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is home to 40 branches of the organization. Overseas branches are in Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Dubai, South Korea, India, Italy, and Germany. And Mahamevnawa is home to more than 700 Buddhist monks. The founder and the chief Buddhist monk in charge of these monasteries is Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero, who is engaged in spreading Buddhism to both local and international communities, and in highlighting the aim of Buddhism: putting an end to Dukkha (suffering) or attaining Nibbana. Mahamevnawa Anagarika Monastery Mahamevnawa monastery for Buddhist Nuns is called Mahamevnawa Anagarika Monastery. Currently, there are 6 Anagarika Monasteries of Mahamevnawa. About 100 Buddhists Nuns reside and practice Dhamma there. Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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