Last week these pages reported of an incident about some elderly tourists from the west who were forced to delete the pictures they had taken from their digital cameras of a sentry on duty near the Slave Island railway station by a senior soldier. But on Tuesday the opposite appeared to have had happened at [...]
Total Government debt as at end September 2010 increased by Rs. 39.6 billion (0.9%) month on month (MoM) to Rs. 4,505.5 billion. Its year on year (YoY) increase was Rs. 464.7 billion (11.5%). Government debt as at end September 2010 comprised a foreign debt component of Rs. 1,881.2 billion and a domestic debt component of [...]
Government revenue and grants in the first nine months of the year increased by Rs. 49.7 billion (9.2%) to Rs. 592.5 billion. This included a grant component of Rs. 10.6 billion, a year on year (YoY) decline of Rs. 9.9 billion (48.3%). It also included a tax revenue figure of Rs. 511.4 billion, a YoY [...]
Last week was your second article on Embark, and it looks like you are on a witch hunt. I personally have worked with Embark from the inception and know the amount of good work they have done for animals. Otara was the only one who cared to make animal welfare their CSR, no other company bothers to give [...]
The war end has opened up opportunities in virtually every sector of the economy, a banker said. Rienzie T. Wijetilleke, Chairman, Hatton National Bank plc and HNB Aassurance plc, speaking at a function on Tuesday said that whether it be tourism, education or health, opportunities have opened up. There is potential for growth. Then occasion [...]
With increased interest in the preservation and restoration of some of Sri Lanka’s art and archaeological treasures in the Colombo National Museum (CNM), HSBC launched “preserving heritage,” a coffee table book recently. Designed by Eranga Tennakoon, Edited by Prof. Leelanada Prematilleke and Photographed by Luxshmanan Nadaraja, National Museums Director Dr. Nanda Wickremasinghe said, “This album [...]
I for one cannot connect our government’s apparent concern for national reconciliation and the recent Cabinet decision to sing our National Anthem only in Sinhala. To my mind this decision seems to be a reaction to that Oxford fiasco. Leaders of nations should not and must not react like this. The leaders of our land [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge The battle between man and beast is as old as time. With the population explosion, more wildlife homelands are being encroached upon. This explains the large number of species which are endangered or extinct, worldwide. However, some animals don’t give up their territory without a fight. The so-called human-elephant conflict in Sri [...]
It was only just over three decades ago that our state owned banks commenced the credit card facility to their customers. However the customers of globally renowned banks and reputed financial organisations, were able to use this product for their convenience for quite some time. At present the usage of the credit card is very [...]
Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) through its HNB Sustainability Foundation entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with The National Trust for Cultural and Natural Heritage (“The National Trust-Sri Lanka”-TNTSL) to sponsor National Trust’s administration work for a three year period and act as its “Principal Patron” during this period. TNTSL was founded in May 2005 [...]
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