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Rural Free Delivery ( RFD ), since 1906 officially rural delivery, is a program of the United States Post Office Department to deliver mail directly to rural destinations. The program began in the late 19th century. Before that, people living in rural areas had to pick up mail themselves at sometimes distant post offices or pay private carriers ...
Agriculture in Sri Lanka. Aerial view of the Southern Province showing the land use patterns of the coastal belt. The primary form of agriculture in Sri Lanka is rice production. Rice is cultivated during Maha and Yala seasons. [1] Tea is cultivated in the central highlands and is a major source of foreign exchange.
Website. www .pickme .lk /food. PickMe Food is Sri Lankan online food delivery platform launched by PickMe in 2018. [1] PickMe Food also provides on-demand grocery, essential medicines and package delivery service called PickMe Flash. [2] PickMe Food rivals international Uber Eats and would make the industry a duopoly. [citation needed]
Livestock is spread throughout all regions of Sri Lanka with concentrations of certain farming systems in particular areas due to cultural, market and agro-climatic reasons. According to statistics from the Department of Animal Production and Health, there are about 1.3 million cattle, 0.3 million buffalo, 0.4 million goats, 13 million poultry ...
The Northern Province ( Tamil: வட மாகாணம் Vaṭa Mākāṇam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. [ 4] The province has an area of 8,884 km 2, making it the 3rd largest province by area, and a population of 1,061,315, making it the least populated province. The city of Jaffna is the capital city of the province.
517.4/km 2 (1,340/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+05:30 ( Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Kalpitiya ( Sinhala: කල්පිටිය, romanized: Kalpiṭiya, Tamil: கற்பிட்டி, romanized: Kaṟpiṭṭi) is a coastal town located in western region of Puttalam District. The Kalpitiya peninsula consists of a total fourteen islands. It is ...
Provinces ( Sinhala: පළාත, romanized: Paḷāta; Tamil: மாகாணம், romanized: Mākāṇam) are the first level administrative divisions of Sri Lanka. Currently, Sri Lanka is divided into 9 provinces. Each province is further divided into districts, which are further divided into divisional secretariats . The provinces were ...
W.M. Seneviratne sat watching a mechanised harvester slice through the jade green fields around him in eastern Sri Lanka's Agbopura village one recent morning, aware that this year's harvest would ...