Having built a heritage of trust with its customers over the years HNB has become the first choice of many with regards to savings and investments. In addition to providing attractive savings and investment options, HNB offers numerous other services which range from micro finance facilities, pawning services and development banking etc. It has always [...]
By Vimukthi Yapa Investigations by The Sunday Leader have revealed that a powerful businessman from the south close to the government has been allegedly accused in a daring abduction case over a dispute concerning a large block of land in Galle, with the help of the local police. On the afternoon of July 21 this year, [...]
Pramukh Weerakoon The Thomian schoolboy fraternity were present in large numbers recently at the Mt. Lavinia cemetery to bid farewell to their popular fellow schoolboy, Pramukh Weerakoon. The warden, sub warden, headmaster and tutorial staff of S. Thomas’ and many others, had gathered in large numbers to pay their last respects. From the time the sad [...]
The Annual Open Ranking Tennis Championship hosted by Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo will kick off on November 2. This is the 8th instalment of the tournament to be hosted by the hotel and is featured on the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) yearly calendar of events to note. The tournament is sanctioned by the SLTA and [...]
Sri Lanka’s moral policing Young Lovers And Naked Women Had Better Watch Out Damage to Sri Lanka’s wondrous Sigiriya frescoes — 5th-century depictions of lovely women with ample and mostly bare breasts — sent President Mahinda Rajapaksa clambering up to the rock fortress that houses them for an anxious look. Yet contemporary portraits of the [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Minister of Rehabilitation and Prisons Reform, D.E.W. Gunasekera accused prison officers of being cruel towards prisoners and said that the Prisons Department which is one of the oldest institutions in the country is also one of the most corrupt. “Offenders are sent to jail as a punishment. However, they are subjected to [...]
By Dinouk Colombage – Photos by Thusitha Kumara The Tourism Ministry along with Airport & Aviation Services, on the request of Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, undertook to facilitate a luxury train service between Colombo and the Bandaranaike International Airport in May this year. The project was hastily implemented to cater to the visiting guests [...]
Asian Games 2010 By Hishan Welmilla With just another 12 days more to go to kick off the 16th edition of the Asian Games, the host city Guangzhou is almost ready to welcome Asia. Preparations are in full swing for the mega event. A vividly festive mood is everywhere in the city of Guangzhou as [...]
“Professor’s” attempt to flog Ceysands ill-informed Golden Key depositors continue to sink Rs. 300 – 750 million bids withdrawn Ceylinco Life’s Rs. 36.2 Mn provision for loss in Hotel By Faraz Shauketaly Bungling, Lakshman Watawala – the man whose professorship has never been explained – was at it again. This time round he was attempting [...]
Blasts Players New Zealand cricket coach Mark Greatbatch has given a damning verdict of his players’ performance against Bangladesh, saying the Black Caps “played like d..ks” and must redeem themselves in India. New Zealand this month capitulated 0-4 in a one-day series against unfancied Bangladesh, a result the local media has described as a low [...]
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