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  2. List of companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange

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    Company Name Symbol C M Holdings: CSE: COLO.N0000: C T Holdings: CSE: CTHR.N0000: C T Land Development: CSE: CTLD.N0000: C. W. Mackie: CSE: CWM.N0000: Capital ...

  3. Sri Lankan units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A number of different units of measurement were used in Sri Lanka to measure quantities like length, mass and capacity from very ancient times. [1] Under the British Empire, imperial units became the official units of measurement [2] and remained so until Sri Lanka adopted the metric system in the 1970s.

  4. Traditional rice of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    By the 1980s, 90% of the farmland in Sri Lanka was being used to cultivate the "semi-dwarf" (newly improved) rice variety. Currently, 95% of the rice produced in Sri Lanka are hybrid varieties. These are harvested using non- organic fertilizer and pesticides which are needed to produce larger harvests with lower costs.

  5. Maximum retail price - Wikipedia

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    The MRP of this bottle of water in Sri Lanka is 90 Rupees. Maximum retail price (MRP) is a manufacturer-calculated price that is the highest price that can be charged for a product sold in India, Indonesia, where it is known as Harga Eceran Tertinggi (HET), and Bangladesh. [1] The MRP is also imposed by the government in Sri Lanka for goods ...

  6. Agriculture in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.

  7. Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 12 August 2020: 3 April 2022: Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Agriculture Janaka Wakkumbura: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 18 April 2022: 9 May 2022: Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 12 May 2022: 23 September 2024 Minister of Agriculture Ranil Wickremesinghe

  8. Colombo Stock Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The CSE trades 296 companies representing 20 business sectors, as of 25 January 2021, with a combined market capitalization of 3,699 billion Sri Lankan rupees. [1] On 1 September 2021, turnover surpassed 14 billion and the All Share Price Index (ASPI) surpassed 9000 points for the first time when it closed at a record high of 9,163.13 points.

  9. Sugar industry of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Most of the lands cultivated with sugarcane are in the intermediate zone. Receiving annual rainfall of 1,250–2,000 mm (49–79 in) distributed in a bimodal pattern. [1] The annual per capita consumption of sugar in Sri Lanka is around 30 kg (66 lb) and the total annual requirement of sugar in the country is around 550,000 tons.