Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall
Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall
The Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall , also known as BMICH (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යාන්තර සම්මන්ත්රණ ශාලාව, Tamil: பண்டாரநாயக்க சர்வதேச மாநாட்டு மண்டபம்) is a convention centre located in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Given by the People's Republic of China as a gift, the conference hall was built in honour of the foreign policy of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1956 to 1959.
The BMICH is managed by the S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation that was established on 4 February 1975. History
The construction of the hall was initiated on 24 November 1970, by the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The Chinese government donated LKR 35 million towards the construction as a gift to the people of Sri Lanka. On 17 May 1973, the completed conference hall was ceremoniously declared open by S. Bandaranaike.
In 2000, the construction work of the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre was comme…