{"id":617,"date":"2021-02-05T00:27:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T05:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icmas2021\/?page_id=617"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T05:11:22","slug":"general-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icmas2021\/visitor-info\/general-information\/","title":{"rendered":"General Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section data-kc-fullwidth=\"row\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-197700 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-678345 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-841775 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">General Information<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-656050 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-194179 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-458884 kc-raw-code\">  <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-435166 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-20386 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-245254\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-690215 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Currency<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-833379 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Local currency in Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR). Credit cards (Visa, MasterCard and American Express) are accepted in most of the places. Visa debit cards can be used at ATM machines.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-983126 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-574466 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-37904 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Electricity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-580432 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>The Voltage used in Sri Lanka is 230 V at 50 Hz. Power outlet Type G has been introduced as the standard power socket. However, there are a number of places which use Type C power outlets. Hence, an adapter is strongly recommended.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-806596 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-93225 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-989939 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Language<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-897764 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Sinhala (a language of Indo-Aryan origin spoken by the majority of the population) and Tamil are the official languages of the country. English is widely spoken and place names and signboards are in all three languages English, Sinhala and Tamil.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-912080 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-266815 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-978439 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Weather<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-970735 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Average temperatures throughout rarely drop much below 30 \u00b0C in Colombo. But at certain times heavy rainfall could be expected.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-456430 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-908109 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-781323 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Alcohol and Tobacco<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-621042 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka has a ban on smoking and drinking alcohol in all public areas.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":583,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-617","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Sivaranjei Thambipillai","author_link":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icmas2021\/author\/ranjei1986sci-cmb-ac-lk\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"General Information Currency Local currency in Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR). 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