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  2. Riving knife - Wikipedia

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    A splitter is a stationary blade of similar thickness to the rotating saw blade mounted behind it to prevent a board from pinching inward into the saw kerf and binding on the saw blade, potentially causing a dangerous kickback. [7] Like a riving knife, its thickness should be greater than the body of the saw blade but thinner than its kerf. [7]

  3. List of government-owned companies of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited; The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd; B.C.C. Lanka Ltd; B.O.C. Bank; CTB BUS; Lynx BUS; Building Materials Corporation Ltd

  4. Category:Anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  5. 1981 anti-Tamil pogrom - Wikipedia

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    Sinhalese mobs, UNP, Sri Lankan government, Sri Lanka Police [2] The 1981 anti-Tamil pogrom occurred in Sri Lanka during the months of June, July and August 1981. Organised Sinhala mobs looted and burnt Tamil shops and houses in Jaffna, Ratnapura, Balangoda, Kahawatte, Colombo and in the border villages in the Batticaloa and Amparai districts.

  6. Board of Investment of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BoI) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය Shri Lanka Ayojana Mandalaya) is the investment promotion agency of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1992, expanding the scope of the Greater Colombo Economic Commission (GCEC) which was formed in 1978. [ 2 ]

  7. 2022 Sri Lankan protests - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and a cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.

  8. 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom - Wikipedia

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    The 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom and riots in Ceylon, also known as the 58 riots, refer to the first island-wide ethnic riots and pogrom [3] [4] [5] to target the minority Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon after it became an independent dominion from Britain in 1948. The riots lasted from 22 May until 29 May 1958 although sporadic disturbances ...

  9. 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1993–1994, 2001–2004, 2015–2018, 2018–2019, 2022) Gas Cylinder United National Party; Breakaway members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [41] Ceylon Workers' Congress [42] De facto Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party [43] Eelam People's Democratic Party [44] Mahajana Eksath Peramuna [45]