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  2. Welfare in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Private provident funds existed in the private sector, with some companies contributing on a voluntary basis until 1958, when the Employees' Provident Fund was established by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike following the enactment of the Employees' Provident Fund Act No 15 of 1958 which established the Employees' Provident Fund which made it compulsory for all employers and employees to contribute if ...

  3. Vogue Jewellers - Wikipedia

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    Vogue Jewellers was established in 1962 by Sarath Hemachandra. [3] During the 1960s, radio jingle "Mangala mudu mala valalu" penned by lyricist Karunaratne Abeysekera, was specifically created for Vogue Jewellers and it became one of the first few jingles to have been used in Sri Lanka. [2]

  4. Sri Lankan commemorative coins - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Customs Commemorative coin Silver 10.50 2008 1000 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army 28.50 Silver 11.90 2009 1000 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army 28.50 Cu-Ni 8.25 2009 5000 60th Anniversary Central Bank of Sri Lanka [2] Central Bank Crest A tree depicting the growth and the stability of Sri Lanka's economy 38.61 Silver 28.28

  5. Orders, decorations, and medals of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lanka Rathna is a Sri Lankan honour, for foreigners or non-nationals, awarded " for exceptional and outstanding service to the nation". [4] It comprises a citation and a gold medal studded with nine "navaratnas" (Sri Lankan gems) with a Manel symbol (the country's national flower).

  6. List of prizes, medals, and awards in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    National Best Quality Software Awards – British Computer Society Sri Lanka section (BCSSL) National Engineering Awards – Institution of Engineers of Sri Lanka (IESL) IT Security Awards – ISACA Sri Lanka Chapter; e-Swabhimani Award – Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka National recognition of local content.

  7. Pettah Market - Wikipedia

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    Today the building acts as a post office on the ground floor, and as a museum on the upper floor. Outside, there is an exhibit of old steam engines. Most of the businesses in Pettah are dominated by Muslim who specialize in trading of goods and the Tamil people who have migrated from India traders who specialize in gold and jewelry shops.

  8. Employees' Provident Fund (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    The Employees' Provident Fund, abbreviated to EPF, is a social security scheme of employees in Sri Lanka under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.It was established under Act No. 15 of 1958 by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, [3] and as of December 2010, it had Rs 899.6 billion, which is equivalent to 16% of the GDP. [4]

  9. Gems of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...