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Information About Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a beautiful Island, with friendly people and very rare weather conditions. It has an open economy and heavily invested on Infrastructure development with modern high ways to face the challenge of attracting investors and new industries to the country.   Sri Lanka has a faster growing economy in the South Asian Region and a low unemployment rate of 4%.  Skilled work force is highly adoptable, trainable, hardworking, committed and results oriented.   English speaking workforce. Constitutional guarantee on safety of foreign investments.  Free repatriation of earnings, fees, capital and on forex transactions relating to current account payments. Pro- Business Government Policies.

  • Population: 21 million approx.
  • Geographical location: South Asian Region
  • Standard Time: GMT + 5.30 hours
  • Administrative divisions: 9 Provinces , 25 Districts
  • Capital City
    • ( Administrative ): Sri Jayawardhanapura Kotte
    • (Commercial): Colombo
  • Land area:  65,610 sq.km with 2905 sq.km of inland water
  • Climate: Tropical with two monsoons
  • Climate Variations:
    • North East Monsoon ( September – March )
    • South –West Monsoon ( May –August )
  • Average temperature: Min 24.2 C – Max 31.7 C


(Information extracted from  Investment Guide – Board of Investment of Sri Lanka )

Bank Holidays for 2021

January 14, ThursdayTamil Thai Pongal Day    B. P. M.
January 28, ThursdayDuruthu Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
February 4, ThursdayIndependence Day    B. P. M.
February 26, FridayNavam Full Moon Poya Day    B. P. 
March 11, ThursdayMahasivarathri Day    B. P.
March 28, SundayMedin Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
April 02, FridayGood Friday    B. P.
April 13, TuesdayDay prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day    B. P. M.
April 14, WednesdaySinhala & Tamil New Year Day    B. P. M.
April 26, MondayBak Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
April 30, FridayHalf a day Special Bank Holiday (In lieu of May Day which falls on a Saturday)    B.
May 01, SaturdayMay Day    B. P. M.
May 14, FridayId-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)    B. P.
May 26, WednesdayVesak Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
May 27, ThursdayDay following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day    B. P. M.
June 24, ThursdayPoson Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
July 21, WednesdayId-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)    B. P.
July 23, FridayEsala Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
August 22, SundayNikini Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
September 20, MondayBinara Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
October 19, TuesdayMilan-Dun-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday)     B. P. M.
October 20, WednesdayVap Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
November 04, ThursdayDeepavali Festival Day    B. P.
November 18, ThursdayIll Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
December 18, SaturdayUnduvap Full Moon Poya Day    B. P. 
December 24, FridayHalf a day Special Bank Holiday (In lieu of Christmas Day which falls on a Saturday)    B.
December 25, SaturdayChristmas Day    B. P. M.

B – Bank Holiday
P – Public Holiday
M – Mercantile Holiday

All Saturdays and Sundays are Bank Holidays.

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