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By 2010 Sri Lanka's poverty rate was 8.9% while it was 15.2% in 2006. [41] Sri Lanka also made it into the "high" category of the Human Development Index during this time. [42] However, the government came under fierce criticism for corruption and Sri Lanka ranked 79 among 174 countries in the Transparency International corruption index. [43]
On a global scale, the world’s most expensive Happy Meal ($8.17 in Liechtenstein or Switzerland) costs 431% more than the world’s cheapest ($1.54 in Pakistan).
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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 ...
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Ethnic conflict and reconciliation in Sri Lanka (University of Hawaii Press, 1987). Mills, Lennox A. (1933). Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795–1932. Oxford U.P. ISBN 9780714620190. Nubin, Walter (2002). Sri Lanka: Current issues and historical background. Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59033-573-4. Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka ...
The company told UK customers on Wednesday morning that it is lifting the price of a cheeseburger from 99p to £1.19. McDonald’s increases price of cheeseburger for first time in 14 years Skip ...
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]