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Ceylon Cold Stores was established in 1866 as the Colombo Ice Company, which in 1863 imported the country's first ice-making machine.With an initial capital of £1,600, two steam engines of 8 and 9 horsepower, and a total of 22 employees, the company started producing ice on a commercial scale. [3]
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In 1844 British businessman William Milne started Milne & Company, [3] [4] general warehousemen, importers of oilman stores etc, [5] with branches in Kandy and Galle. In 1850 Milne was joined by his friend, David Sime Cargill, [6] and the firm became Milne, Cargill & Co. [7] In 1860 Milne retired from business in Ceylon and moved back to Scotland to form a company in Glasgow to look after the ...
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Lanka Sathosa also known as Sathosa is a wholesale and retail chain located in Sri Lanka. It is considered to be the largest state-owned retail chain in the country and was established in 2005. [ 1 ] Sathosa was incorporated as a state-owned enterprise under Companies Act no 7 of 2007 and it is regulated by the Ministry of Trade, Commerce ...
1971 JVP insurrection: Marxist insurrection conducted by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the government of Sri Lanka. 1972: Sri Lanka becomes a republic, and country's name Ceylon was changes to Sri Lanka: 1983 24–30 July Black July by the government and Sinhalese mobs; Beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War: 1987 29 July Signing of the ...
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
Category: Historical events in Sri Lanka. 1 language. ... 2023 events in Sri Lanka by month (1 C) D. Disasters in Sri Lanka (8 C) Disestablishments in Sri Lanka (5 C) E.