Important Telephone numbers & web links in Sri Lanka

Emergency and Hotline Numbers in Sri Lanka

Toll Free three Digit Telephone Numbers

110 – Ambulance
111 – Fire and Rescue
114 – Sri Lankan Army Operational Commander Colombo
15 – Colombo Municipal Council-Operational Unit
116 – Sri Lanka Air Force Emergency Service
118 – National Help Desk (Ministry of Defence)
119 – Police Emergency Service

Telephone area code Nos

011 – Colombo 031 – Negombo 038 – Panadura 055 – Badulla
021 – Jaffna 032 – Puttalam 041 – Matara 057 – Bandarawela
023 – Mannar 033 – Gampaha 045 – Ratnapura 063 – Ampara
024 – Vavuniya 034 – Kalutara 047 – Hambantota 065 – Batticaloa
025 – Anuradhapura 035 – Kegalle 051 – Hatton 066 – Matale
026 – Trincomalee 036 – Avissawella 052 – Nuwara Eliya 067 – Kalmunai
027 – Polonnaruwa 037 – Kurunegala 054 – Nawalapitiya 081 – Kandy


Four 4 Digit Telephone Numbers

1900 – Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (Telecommunication complaints)
1901 – Ministry of Power and Energy (Power Interruption complaints)
1905 – Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs
1909 – Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (Check mobile IMEI numbers and confirm)
1910 – Lanka Electricity Company (Power Interruption complaints)
1911 – Department of Examinations
1912 – Sri Lanka Tourism
1918 – Ministry of Higher Education
1919 – Government Information Centre
1920 – Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services (Agricultural Information)
1922 – State Mortgage and Investment Bank
*1929 – Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs (Child Help Line)
1933 – Sri Lanka Police Department (CID Operations Unit)
1938 – Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs (Women Help Line)
1939 – National Water Supply & Drainage Board
*1948 – National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol
1949 – Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House)
1954 – Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
1955 – National Transport Commission
1962 – Department of Immigration and Emigration
1969 – Expressway Emergency
1970 – Department of Pensions
1979 – SriLankan Airlines Ltd.
1984 – National Dangerous Drug Control Board
1987 – Ceylon Electricity Board
1989 – Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
1990 – Med1 (Pvt) Limited (Emergency Medical Services & Doctor at Home Care)
1991 – Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy

* Toll free numbers

Hotline Numbers of Major Telephone and Internet Service Providers

1212 – Sri Lanka Telecom
0117100100 – Dialog Broadband Networks
1575 – Lanka Bell

Mobile Telepone Hotlines
1717 – Mobitel
1727 – Etisalat
1755 – Airtel
1777 – Dialog
1788 – Hutch

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