About Lankawa
Mission & data sources
Open civic intelligence for Sri Lanka — aggregated from public sources with provenance on every metric.
Sri Lanka's all-in-one civic intelligence platform
Built for Sri Lankans, by Sri Lankans.
We believe every Sri Lankan deserves transparent, accessible public data — without visiting dozens of separate websites.
Mission
Lankawa unifies public civic data — economy, disasters, districts, and more — into one accessible platform. We believe Sri Lankans should not need to visit dozens of separate websites to understand their country.
Data sources
- Regional pump seed
economy · Refreshes every 10080 minutes
- Octane Fuel API
transport · Refreshes every 10080 minutes
- Sri Lanka Flood API
disaster · Refreshes every 10 minutes
- Irrigation Department river gauges (ArcGIS)
disaster · Refreshes every 15 minutes
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka — Daily Gold Rates
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- Sri Lanka LPG cylinder prices
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- Election Commission of Sri Lanka
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Election Commission of Sri Lanka
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka
economy · Refreshes every 43200 minutes
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka — Policy rates
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- CBSL Payments Bulletin
economy · Refreshes every 129600 minutes
- Department of Census and Statistics — NCPI
economy · Refreshes every 43200 minutes
- Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka — Domestic tariff
economy · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- NWSDB — Domestic water tariff / BillCalculator
economy · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- PUCSL / CEB generation mix (seed)
economy · Refreshes every 43200 minutes
- Census 2024 district footnotes (seed)
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Ministry of Health notices (seed)
health · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- Ministry of Health RSS
health · Refreshes every 60 minutes
- Open-Meteo Flood (GloFAS)
disaster · Refreshes every 360 minutes
- NBRO / DMC Landslide Early Warning
disaster · Refreshes every 360 minutes
- Lankawa Public Services Directory
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Verité Research / Budget Speech summaries
economy · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- CPA / Verité Research drops
civic · Refreshes every 10080 minutes
- Epidemiology Unit — Weekly Dengue Report
health · Refreshes every 10080 minutes
- Epidemiology Unit — Weekly Dengue Report (live)
health · Refreshes every 10080 minutes
- Parliamentary records (seed)
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Government Procurement — e-GP notices
civic · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- PROMISe e-GP Sri Lanka procurement notices
civic · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- PropertyLK Price Intelligence (live)
civic · Refreshes every 43200 minutes
- PropertyLK Price Intelligence
civic · Refreshes every 43200 minutes
- AutoLens LK Vehicle Intelligence (live)
transport · Refreshes every 86400 minutes
- AutoLens LK Vehicle Intelligence
transport · Refreshes every 86400 minutes
- FoodLK Price Intelligence (live)
economy · Refreshes every 86400 minutes
- WFP HDX food prices (Sri Lanka)
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- SPAR2U retail catalog
economy · Refreshes every 360 minutes
- Ariva Life Platform — Food federation
economy · Refreshes every 3600 minutes
- FoodLK Price Intelligence
economy · Refreshes every 86400 minutes
- Ariva Life Platform (live)
economy · Refreshes every 3600 minutes
- Ariva Life Platform
economy · Refreshes every 3600 minutes
- Department of Local Government — Directory
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Election Commission of Sri Lanka
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Election Commission of Sri Lanka
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Lankawa Transport Directory
transport · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Lankawa Cost of Living Index
economy · Refreshes every 43200 minutes
- Lankawa Cost of Living Composite
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- Lankawa Land Change Pulse
environment · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- GFM / flood-extent pins
disaster · Refreshes every 10080 minutes
- Colombo urban heat (LST seed)
health · Refreshes every 43200 minutes
- Open-Meteo Marine
disaster · Refreshes every 180 minutes
- Lankawa Foreign Debt Pulse
economy · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Lankawa Air Quality Index
health · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- OpenAQ Sri Lanka PM2.5
environment · Refreshes every 60 minutes
- Open-Meteo Air Quality
environment · Refreshes every 60 minutes
- Election Commission of Sri Lanka
civic · Refreshes every 525600 minutes
- Open-Meteo Forecast API
environment · Refreshes every 60 minutes
- NASA FIRMS active fires
disaster · Refreshes every 60 minutes
- GDACS multi-hazard alerts
disaster · Refreshes every 60 minutes
- USGS Earthquake Event API
disaster · Refreshes every 60 minutes
- Department of Meteorology Weather Advisory System
disaster · Refreshes every 30 minutes
- CEB Care — Power Outages
disaster · Refreshes every 15 minutes
- CEB Care — Demand management clusters
economy · Refreshes every 15 minutes
- LECO — Power Interruption Notices
disaster · Refreshes every 30 minutes
- Colombo Stock Exchange (public HTTP)
economy · Refreshes every 15 minutes
- Bank TT remittance board
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- Bank FD deposit rates
economy · Refreshes every 1440 minutes
- Bank supermarket card days
economy · Refreshes every 360 minutes
- Singer Sri Lanka — household EMI
economy · Refreshes every 360 minutes
- Sri Lanka News RSS
civic · Refreshes every 30 minutes
- Sri Lanka cricket fixtures
sports · Refreshes every 10 minutes
Data freshness
Live metrics show a freshness tier based on when the source was last successfully fetched:
- Fresh — fetched within the expected cadence
- Stale — older than expected but still available
- Down — source unreachable or errored
Disclaimer
Lankawa aggregates data from public and partner APIs. It is not an official government publication. Always verify critical information with primary sources.
Everything in one place
All data, documentation, and source attribution live on Lankawa. You never need to leave this platform to explore metrics, understand methodology, or use the public API.
Public API
All data is available via a versioned JSON API with OpenAPI documentation.
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