Sampath Bank created yet another record by opening three new branches in the Eastern Province, just two days apart, bringing the total number of branches in the Eastern province to 10. Oddamavadi, Kaluwanchikudi and Sainthamaruthu branches were opened recently to an enthusiastic customer response. Samapth Bank hopes to support sustainable development in the area by [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The government is considering holding provincial council elections for the Northern Province by mid 2010. Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services Minister Maithripala Sirisena told The Sunday Leader that the government would hold the Northern Provincial Council election according to the 13th Amendment soon after the presidential and parliamentary elections. He said [...]
The World Bank (W.B.) recently approved a U.S. $77 million package for Sri Lanka, designed to support the return of 100,000 Internally Displaced Persons (I.D.P.s) to their places of origin in the Northern Province (N.P.) and to restore their livelihoods destroyed by three decades of war. The U.S.$65 million Emergency Northern Recovery Project (E.N.R.E.P.) will [...]
Over the last decade as Asia emerged the leading outsourcing destination for the global fashion industry, Sri Lanka stood alone as the only country that embraced “Ethical Business and Manufacturing Practices” as a way of life. And with the aid of the Government of Sri Lanka through the Ministries of Finance, Industrial Development and Export [...]
British Airways will refund travel expenses incurred due to an erroneous offer of $40 fares between the U.S.A. and India, per an agreement with the Department of Transport (D.o.T.), U.S.A. The carrier removed the fare within minutes from its own website, but it remained on online travel agent sites for about two hours, during which [...]
Former United National Party (UNP) Chairman Malik Samarawickrama is to sue his party’s ex national organiser S. B. Dissanayake and the state media for Rs. 100 million. Samarawickrama’s decision follows several libelous statements made by Dissanayake, who recently crossed over to government ranks. Dissanayake’s statements were carried in state owned television and radio, which alleged [...]
By Piyumi Buddhakorala and Raisa Wickrematunge For those of you who are out to celebrate the dawn of 2010, there are a variety of events to choose from, in and out of Colombo. Starting from the Party in The Sky, Pacha Ibiza to the Dollar Party, we are ready to give you a glimpse of [...]
Over 200,000 Displaced Only 20-25,000 Registration Forms Received By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Thousands of displaced persons in the north will be deprived of exercising their franchise at the January 26, 2010 presidential election, given the small number of registration forms received by the Elections Department and the Department’s decision not to extend the December 24 [...]
Continuous improvement in tourism infrastructure is important,” John Holden tells Benchmark. “The airline industry is still in a challenging position. We have seen recessions before, we have experienced the Asian financial crisis and 9/11. This time it’s on a global scale, affecting both passenger and cargo. Asian carriers are hit especially hard because airlines such [...]
Text and Picture by Ranee Mohamed in Pinnawela For one who has been to a multitude of orphanages for children, visiting the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage turned out to be a happy experience. There were no crying elephants and there were no appeals for milk food, clothes, biscuits and lunch packets. And there no court cases [...]
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