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  2. Black July - Wikipedia

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    Black July (Tamil: கறுப்பு யூலை, romanized: Kaṟuppu Yūlai; Sinhala: කළු ජූලිය, romanized: Kalu Juliya) was an anti- Tamil pogrom [5] that occurred in Sri Lanka during July 1983. [6][7] The pogrom was premeditated, [8][9][10][11][note 1] and was finally triggered by a deadly ambush on a Sri Lankan Army ...

  3. LAUGFS Holdings - Wikipedia

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    The company was the first in Sri Lanka to introduce Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for fuel retailing to corporate clients, currently supporting over 300 companies with 25,000 NFC cards. LAUGFS Petroleum's fuel stations offer nitrogen and digital air services, lubricants, domestic gas cylinders and accessories, and car care items.

  4. Rankoth Vehera - Wikipedia

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    Rankoth Veheraරන්කොත් වෙහෙර. Rankoth Vehera is a stupa located in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka. The stupa was built by Nissanka Malla of Polonnaruwa, who ruled the country from 1187 to 1196. [1] The Rankoth Vehera has been built according to the tradition of the stupas of the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya ...

  5. Abans - Wikipedia

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    Abans PLC. Abans PLC also known as Abans Group is a Sri Lankan public limited company and a diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka engaged in ICT, retail, manufacturing, logistics, commercial real estate and financial services. Abans predominantly functions mainly as a consumer retailer selling various electronic appliances, smart phones ...

  6. Kingswood College, Kandy - Wikipedia

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    In 1900, Blaze wrote the first comprehensive school textbook on the history of Sri Lanka. It ran to several editions before it was superseded by the works of one of his earliest pupils at Kingswood, G. C. Mendis, who served for many years as a lecturer (and later reader) in the Department of History at the University of Ceylon. [4] [11]

  7. Barefoot (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Barbara Sansoni (Chairperson) Products. soft furnishings, fabrics, clothing, children's toys. Website. Official website. Barefoot is a textile design company based in Sri Lanka, which exports its clothing and soft furnishings globally. Barefoot has two retail stores in Colombo and one store in Galle.

  8. Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Wikipedia

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    He ran on a platform of anti-corruption and anti-poverty in 2024. [29] Dhananath Fernando, CEO of the Colombo -based pro-market think tank Advocata Institute, said that Dissanayake "now advocates for a pro-trade approach, emphasising the simplification of the tariff structure, improving the business environment, reforming tax administration ...

  9. Apparel industry of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Over the last few decades, the apparel industry grew to represent Sri Lanka's number one export. Following a 38% increase in textile-based revenue from 1996 to 1997, in which the industry generated $2.18 billion in earnings, 50 new textile factories opened in Sri Lanka in 1998. [10] As of 1998, the Sri Lanka apparel industry employed about ...