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    Gold investment | රත්තරන් ආයෝජනය

    Its actually illegal to sell 24kt gold coins or gold biscuits in Sri Lanka. You will need to find a reliable contact. This is very difficult. I had a contact when I was in SL. I used to buy from him and sell back to him when the price increased. The gap between buying and selling price was just...
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    Nas Daily Bagaya

    In other words, he's a modern businessman :D
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    ඉස්සර පට්ට Summer Tourists In Greece, 1983

    Yes bung. They wanted a letter from the Gramasevaka/divisional secretary stating that you are affected. And you needed *any* relative in Canada - could be a cousin or an uncle to give a letter. Some old info here. PR for Canada was not difficult to get. Mass migration was not common until...
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    Indigo airline to travel bangkok

    I had a transit at Chennai once. The door connecting the arrival gate to the transit area was locked (chained with a padlock). Had to go look for the security guard who had the key. Fuc**ng idiots! If you are taking a transit in India, I only recommend Bangalore airport. Everywhere else -...
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    GITI Tyres කොහොමද?

    Falken is a brand name of Sumitomo. Sumitomo is one of the largest tyre manufacturers in the world. Also the best in Japan. They are not famous because they don't promote their own brand. They do contract manufacturing for Good Year, Dunlop etc. Baya nathuwa ganna.
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    ඉස්සර පට්ට Summer Tourists In Greece, 1983

    True. I have some relatives who migrated to Canada in late 70s and early 80s. They didn't have to spend even a rupee. The Canadian government gave them money to migrate, provided tickets, houses, everything. Just after the 2004 Tsunami, the Canadian government advertised in Sri Lankan papers...
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    ලාභ ගුවන් ටිකට්පත් මිලදී ගැනීමට

    Most of this content is nonsense but this is the best one: Manchester is not a "හීත්‍රෝ අසල 'කුඩා' ගුවන් තොටුපළ". You need to take another flight from Manchester to Heathrow or a train ticket costs £50 (around 18,500 LKR), not to forget taxis and other transit costs. Ignore stupid articles...
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    රත්තරං වලට ආයෝජනය කරන්න

    Gold is a low risk, low return investment. Investing purely in gold is a terrible idea. This is good for someone who maintains a portfolio of investments. Gold prices these days are at a record high. Would be a bad time to buy. Purity in carats, Some shops sell 20 carat gold claiming its 22...
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    Check-in Baggage එකක් ගන්න උදව්වක් ඕන

    If you are flying Cathay, you can take a seperate laptop bag with you. Just make sure its reasonable small (around 40cmx30cm). This is not counted for the carry on weight limit.
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    World's Best Airlines For 2025 : Sri Lankan Airlines 20th

    Most airlines are now moved to hybrid model. That's why you don't see US3 and most European carriers. Here are the top 20 Hybrid Airlines for 2025 1. Jetblue 2. Westjet Virgin Australia Delta Airlines United American Airlines Lufthansa Air Canada LOT Polish Airlines (this is under change...
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    Check-in Baggage එකක් ගන්න උදව්වක් ඕන

    If you are migrating is 23kg enough? For 23kg, you can only use a medium size suitcase. Buy a very lightweight fabric suitcase. If you plan to use it for many trips, look for a 8-wheel (4 double wheels), anti tamper zip and tsa lock. Branded ones are always better, but expensive. I use...
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    සින්හල වාසගම තියන මුශ්ලිම්..

    පොඩි ප්‍රශ්නයක් තියෙනවා. මේක මුශ්ලීම් ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෙමෙයි. "කල්ලවඩන් මුදියන්සෙගේ අල් බයිට්", "කල්ලවඩන් මුදියන්සෙලාගේ අල් බයිට්" කියන වාසගම් දෙකේ වෙනස මං දන්නවා. එත් සමහර වාසගම් වල "ගෙදර" කෑල්ලක් තියෙනවා. උදාහරණයක් විදිහට "කල්ලවඩන් මුදියන්සෙලාගේ ගෙදර අල් බයිට්". ඒ සීන් එක මොකක්ද?
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    හයිලෙවල් පාරේ බස් වලිය........

    Chandrika and Fowzi tried this during their government. They got all private bus owners who are operating in a single route to get together and form registered companies or cooperative societies. The aim was to eventually issue route permits on tender basis. Mahinda's government reversed it...
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    Lenovo Thinkpad T470 or T480 or T490

    I don't know where to buy in Sri Lanka but thunderbolt issue is not a problem. A bios update solves it. On the other hand, bios-locked means you are stuck.
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    Lenovo Thinkpad T470 or T480 or T490

    Between the three - buy T480. Not the other two. Why? T480 has dual battery dual SSD support. One battery is removable. It's cheap and easy to replace T470 doesn't support type c charger T490 doesn't have a removable battery Don't buy the slim versions. They all have internal fixed batteries...
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    ලකේ පංකාවෙ ආයතනයක ගෑනුන්වැගෙන් වැඩක් කර ගන්න ඕන නම්....

    Lawyer kenek wage dress karala e tone eken kathaa karapan. Lesiyen ma wada karaganna puluwan :D
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    ලකේ පංකාවෙ ආයතනයක ගෑනුන්වැගෙන් වැඩක් කර ගන්න ඕන නම්....

    In the past when I wanted to get something done from a government office (RMV for example), I used to wear a white shirt, black trouser and a black tie. They thought I was a lawyer and did everything the way I asked them. They even changed the country of origin of a car from Japan to France...
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    UK වල පදිංචියට ආවා සහෝදරයිනි (මේ මගේ කතාව.. දෙවෙනි කොටස)

    PR = 5years on a Work visa Citizenship = PR + 1 year if via work visa Student visas and post-study work visas are not counted for PR

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