By Gazala Anver A 13 year old child, who claims to be orphaned by the December 2004 tsunami, was found to be employed in a car repair shop in Homagama, Chairperson, National Child Protection Authority, Anoma Dissanayake said. The child, according to Dissanayake, was taken into custody by a lady who then sent him to [...]
Release Of LTTE Suspect In Kadirgamar Killing President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa have lost their cool with Industries Minister Rishard Bathiudeen at the UPFA party leaders’ meeting held a few weeks back. Although details about the clash were not immediately available to the media, the incident and details related to it [...]
Ten Year Old Who Was Allegedly Raped Comes Home After A Seven Day Stay In Hospital By Ranee Mohamed The doctor tried to comfort me by telling me that her virginity is somewhat intact. I could not stop myself from crying for this was not a debate we ought to be having about a ten [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Following last week’s expose titled “Abuse And Intimidation With Impunity By A Judge Of The Court Of Appeal,” Justice Sarath de Abrew says that the allegations leveled against him by his building contractor are factually distorted, unfounded and were made with intent to defame him. Justice de Abrew further claims that he [...]
Associated Motorways (Private) Limited (AMW) announced last week that fully owned subsidiary AMW Capital Leasing has successfully installed a lease management suite acquired from US based Odessa Technologies, Inc., to help leverage and manage growth of its vehicle leasing business. LeaseWave is an end-to-end lease and loan origination and portfolio management solution for vehicle leasing [...]
Battle For Survival Amidst A Soaring CoL Families Strangulated By Debt By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The rising cost of living as opposed to the static income levels of a majority of the working masses has resulted in many families in the country being saddled by debt in order to survive. Families in the country are [...]
Ajith Gunawardena, Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Ceylinco Insurance exchanging copies of the MOU with Mahinda Lokuge, Secretary, Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Others in the picture are (from left) Chathura Gallhena, Asst. Secretary, Athula Perera, Treasurer, Shibly Aziz, President of BASL together with Nihal Peiris, Director Finance and Patrick Alwis, Deputy Chief [...]
Colombo is livable. I’m not dead. Just not very much so. Colombo has been ranked among the worst 10 livable cities by the Economist which, while not entirely fair, is mostly on the mark. Colombo is not very livable for a few reasons (IMHO). Because nobody actually lives in Colombo, because the public transit is [...]
By Capt. Elmo Jayawardena The hamlet sleeps under a clear blue sky. The place and the people in this almost desolate corner of northern Sri Lanka have seen and suffered decades of turmoil and had accepted the devastation of the 30 year war as a way of life. Even in peace the scars of strife [...]
Seylan Bank PLC announced the appointment of Tilan Wijeyesekera as Deputy General Manager – Marketing, responsible for the marketing, sales and business development functions of the bank. Wijeyesekera, a versatile marketer, has wide experience including Strategic Planning, Corporate Affairs, Marketing and Brand Management, Business Development, Project Management, Supply Chain Management and Sales. “We are happy [...]
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