Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, prior registration to obtain an appointment is must before visiting the office of the Department of National Archives, the department said.
Accordingly, those who wanted to access the services of the department can make a call to 0112696917 or 0112694523 at the Colombo Main office and 0812223729 at the Kandy branch to obtain an appointment.
Further inquiries and requests for appointments can be submitted via info@archives.gov.lk, research@archives.gov.lk or kandy@archives.gov.lk
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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