Sri lanka used the british emblem when it was a british crown colony. New fonts added daily.
We continued to use it even after gaining independence in 1948.
Iron wood in sinhala. According to the recommendations of a select committee appointed to devise a state emblem more suitable for sri lanka ceylon we opted for a new state emblem. Googles free service instantly translates words phrases and web pages between english and over 100 other languages. In recent years freedom of the press in sri lanka has been alleged by media freedom groups to be amongst the poorest in democratic countries.
Thewood is very hard heavy and very durable weighing 70 pounds per cubic foot. Download free fonts for windows mac and linux. The ironwood tree is endemic to sri lanka and the replanted forest is over 260 acres in extent.
Mesua ferrea the sri lankan ironwood indian rose chestnut or cobras saffron is a species in the family calophyllaceaethis slow growing tree is named after the heaviness and hardness of its timberit is widely cultivated as an ornamental due to its graceful shape grayish green foliage with a beautiful pink to red flush of drooping young leaves and large fragrant white flowers. Quartz rock in an iron wood forest amazing nature track of iron wood trees known as na tree and the national tree of sri lanka species butterflies now very rare to see birds flora and fauna a perfect meditation atmosphere used in ancient times by monks and then you reach the. 1001 free fonts offers one of the largest collections of free fonts online.
Re uploading capturing dvd authoring selling is prohibited all right received by sri lanka rupavahini tv. Your customizable and curated collection of the best in trusted news plus coverage of sports entertainment money weather travel health and lifestyle combined with outlookhotmail facebook. The jathika namal uyana in sri lanka is the largest ironwood forest and pink quartz mountain in asia.
According to archeological researchers findings the pink quartz in this historical place has a history of more than 550 millions of years. This is a slow growing evergreen tree that grows in tropical and temperate forests. As of 2010 51 newspapers 30 sinhala 10 tamil 11 english are published and 34 tv stations and 52 radio stations are in operation.
It grows 40 to 80 feet tall and 1 to 3 meters in circumference.