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The Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka, subdivided into 100 cents. Learn about its history, coins, banknotes, exchange rate and inflation.
Nestlé's products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea. The company was founded by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company in 1906 and incorporated under Nestlé Ceylon Company. Nestlé Lanka is Sri Lanka's largest food company by revenue, with Rs 36.355 billion in 2019. The whole company is ...
The NWSDB is the national organization responsible for water supply and sanitation in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1975 by an act of Parliament and has 12 regional support centres across the country.
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]
From 1977, banknotes were issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. 20 rupees notes were introduced in 1979, followed by 500 and 1000 rupees in 1981, 200 rupees in 1998 and 2000 rupees in 2006. Sri Lankan banknotes are unusual in that they are printed vertically on the reverse.
Unilever Sri Lanka is a consumer goods company owned by Unilever, a British multinational. It produces and sells various products, such as food, beauty, personal care, and pharmaceuticals, and has over two dozen brands that are market leaders in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System, commonly known as SLIPS, is a LKR-only online interbank payment and fund transfer system in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]SLIPS is owned by LankaClear, an organization owned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and all Licensed Commercial Banks operating in Sri Lanka, with 47.19% of shares held by the CBSL and State owned commercial banks, and 52.81% by other private banks.
One of the specific cases the organization protested against was regarding when Nestle bypassed a 2006 Shapleigh, Maine, ordinance that aimed to maintain local control over water resources by accessing the law through the state level. Nestle officials responded by giving a progress report on their intentions for transparency with labeling their ...