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  2. Sri Lankan units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The smallest unit was known as "Paramaanuwa", which was equal to 3.306 × 10−11 m (1.302 × 10−9 in). A typical span was taken roughly equal to 22.86 cm (9 in). These small units of measurement were used in making of statues and buildings. Following are the relationships between the units used in ancient times. [6][7]

  3. List of Sri Lankan public corporations by market capitalisation

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    The Lanka Hospitals Corporation: 22,351: 0.63 Health Care Equipment and Services: 1997 [39] Teejay Lanka: 22,147: 0.62 Consumer Durables and Apparel: 2000 [40] Brown and Company: 21,422: 0.60 Capital Goods: 1892 [41] Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company: 20,986: 0.59 Food, Beverage and Tobacco: 1981 [42] Sunshine Holdings: 20,909: 0.59 Food, Beverage and ...

  4. Locomotives of Sri Lanka Railways - Wikipedia

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    In the 1990s, Sri Lanka Railways converted the narrow gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) Kelani Valley line into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge. This was the last narrow gauge line left in Sri Lanka, and its conversion to broad gauge put the fleet of narrow gauge locomotives out of use. All operational locomotives in the country today are broad gauge.

  5. Sri Lanka Railways S13 - Wikipedia

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    1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Sri Lanka Railways Class S13 is a Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) trainset, built for Sri Lanka Railways by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai and imported through RITES, an Indian Railways PSU on a line of credit extended by the Indian Government in 2011. [1] Sri Lanka Railways Ordered for 6 modern state of the art DEMU ...

  6. Sri Lankan rupee - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents (Sinhala: සත, Tamil: சதம்), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to its low value. It is issued by ...

  7. MAS Holdings - Wikipedia

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    Website. masholdings.com. MAS Holdings is a Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer. [3][4][5] The company was founded in 1987 by Mahesh, Sharad and Ajay Amalean. [6] MAS Holdings began as an underwear manufacturer and later diversified into sportswear, performance wear and swimwear. [7][8] MAS Holdings has 53 manufacturing facilities in 17 countries ...

  8. Palk Strait Bridge - Wikipedia

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    No details. The Palk Strait Bridge and Tunnel is a proposed 23-kilometre (14 mi) road and rail bridge and tunnel over the Palk Strait between Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu (a state in Southern India) and Talaimannar on Mannar Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. During the 2002-2004 Peace Accord, the then Prime Minister, Ranil ...

  9. Main Line (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    Route definition. Badulla Railway station. The Main Line starts from Colombo and runs east and north past the rapidly developing centres of Ragama, Gampaha, Veyangoda, and Polgahawela. At Rambukkana, the Main Line begins its steep climb into the hills of the upcountry. Between Balana and Kadugannawa, the track clings to the side of sheer cliffs ...