For the first time since the census began in 1881, the gender gap in literacy has closed, with male and female literacy rates reaching nearly equal levels of 97.9 per cent and 97.0 per cent, ...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is undergoing a sharp demographic shift, with its elderly population nearly tripling over the past four decades, according to the latest census released by the Department of Census ...
One-fourth of Sri Lanka’s population (26.2 percent) was engaged in some form of educational activity, the 2024 census statistics revealed. Another 482,106, or 2.3 percent of the population, were ...
The 2024 census has been released. The delay casts serious doubts about its accuracy as the last two censuses are being looked at with suspicion that they may have been tweaked for easy acceptance by ...
THE nation’s overall literacy rate has risen to 97.4% by 2024, with the gender gap in literacy closing, according to the country’s report of the Census of Population and Housing 2024, reported Xinhua ...
Sri Lanka's national flag is seen in this Aug 2022 file photo. Sri Lanka has announced that it will open visa-free entry for tourists from 35 countries from Oct 1, 2024. -- REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File ...
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