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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued commemorative coins since 1957. On 15 December 2010, to mark the 60th Anniversary, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued a frosted proof crown size multi-colour silver commemorative coin in the denomination of Rs. 5,000/-. It was the first multi-colour coin issued by the Central Bank.
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. [3] [4]
[1] [2] In the Indian 2, 2, 3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. [3] For example, in India, 150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 lakh rupees, written as ₹ 1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000. It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka .
The tonne (t) is an SI-compatible unit of mass equal to a megagram (Mg), or 10 3 kg. The unit is in common use for masses above about 10 3 kg and is often used with SI prefixes. For example, a gigagram ( Gg ) or 10 9 g is 10 3 tonnes, commonly called a kilotonne .
A standard seer from Almora, India.. A Seer (also sihr) is a traditional unit of mass and volume used in large parts of Asia prior to the middle of the 20th century. It remains in use only in a few countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and parts of India although in Iran it indicates a smaller unit of weight than the one used in India.
Ceylon Petroleum was Sri Lanka's largest company by revenue. But now the company is reporting loss in several million rupees. [31] In April 2020 Ceylon Petroleum Corporation lost Rs. 45.1 billion first quarter. Company total debt rising 1,158.7 billion. [32] Import expenditure on petroleum in 2021 was US$3.9 billion against US$1.7 billion in 2019.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued two commemorative notes. In 1998 a 200 rupees note was issued on Independence day to commemorate the 50th Independence Anniversary of the country. The note was issued along with three commemorative coins; a five thousand rupees gold coin, a one thousand rupees silver coin, and a ten rupees bi-metallic coin.
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [41] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [42]