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The company started when Otara Gunewardene began selling factory surplus garments and apparel from her car boot to family and friends in 1989. [5] [6] [7]Gunewardene registered Odel (the name is based on her own name, Otara Del Gunawardene [5]) as a private limited liability company on 31 October 1990 [7] [8] and the company opened its first 37 m 2 (400 sq ft) store on Dickmans Road in Colombo.
DSI is the leading footwear manufacturer in Sri Lanka, having established the first shoe manufacturing plant on the Island in 1962. Its subsidiaries in this area include; D Samson Industries (Pvt) Ltd; Samson Manufacturers (Pvt) Ltd
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation: Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Colombo: 1925 Broadcasting S A Sri Lanka Insurance: Financials Full line insurance Colombo: 1961 Insurance S A Sri Lanka Ports Authority: Industrials Marine transportation Colombo: 1979 Marine shipping S A Sri Lanka Railways: Industrials Railroads Colombo: 1858 ...
15 June – Rumesh Tharanga wins the Gold medal in the Javelin Throw event at the Asian Throwing Championships with a new Sri Lanka record of 85.45m. [77] 21 June – The Sri Lanka women's cricket team wins the ODI series against West Indies 3-0, for the first time in 16 years. [78]
Stylosanthes guianensis, the stylo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.It is native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, and has been introduced to Puerto Rico, the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, most of Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Thailand, southeast China, Hainan, Taiwan, New Guinea ...
Soon, coffee became the primary commodity export of Sri Lanka. Falling coffee prices as a result of the depression of 1847 stalled economic development and prompted the governor to introduce a series of taxes on firearms, dogs, shops, boats, etc., and to reintroduce a form of rajakariya, requiring six days free labour on roads or payment of a ...
The 2024 National Super League 4-Day Tournament is the ongoing season of the National Super League 4-Day Tournament, a first-class cricket competition being played in Sri Lanka. [1] The tournament started on 18 January 2024 and the final match is scheduled to end on 3 May 2024. [ 2 ]
Its first office was located in Prince Street, Colombo. By 1954, the company had become a Public Limited Company, company listed on Colombo stock market since 1950s. It's the earliest stock listed company in Sri Lanka. [8] In 1980s Sri Lanka total tobacco crops increase to 15,594 ha. [9] By 2010 it was producing 3.189 metric tons.