Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC was chosen as the Best Bank in Sri Lanka for the 13th successive year by the Global Finance magazine. The highly respected, US based financial publication’s latest listing of the “Best Emerging Market Banks in Asia” is to be published in its May 2011 issue. This is the 18th year [...]
Why Is Easter Like Whipped Cream And A Cherry? Because it’s always on a sundae, of course! A very happy and blessed Easter to all of you! May we all arise in true Christian spirit and strive to be better people in the future. Easter is the culmination of the season of Lent. During Lent, [...]
By Ravi Perera The nearly week long holidays during the Sinhala/Tamil New Year gave me an opportunity to call on Jayantha, my somewhat philosophical friend. A refreshing conversationalist, it is always a pleasure to explore prevailing social concepts and mores with him. Having lived a good part of his life in foreign lands he generally [...]
Sri Lanka’s flamboyant fast bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his decision to retire from Test cricket as a way of prolonging his career for the shorter versions of 50 over and Twenty20 cricket. The 27-year-old released a statement revealing a “degenerative condition” in his right knee had forced him to call an end to his [...]
Udappuwa, a traditional fishing village in the North Western coastal belt situated 30 Km. away from Chilaw on the way to Puttalam, comprises a population of around 15,000; the majority of whom are Tamils. The village is well known for its elaborate Hindu temples and unique festivals. The main Kovil “Therupathi Amman” was established in [...]
Hitman Returns’ was filmed before a sold out crowd last year at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The lineup of talent, lead by Foster as maestro of ceremonies, includes performances by Seal, Donna Summer, Martina McBride, Earth, Wind & Fire, Natalie Cole, Ruben Studdard, All-4-One, Glee star Charice, Chaka Khan, Jackie Evancho… Lara Fabian [...]
Ceybank Unit Trust, Sri Lanka’s largest equity linked Unit Trust Fund with net assets over Rs. 6,800 Mn as at end March 2011 and managed by Ceybank Asset Management, (Ceybank), has announced a tax free dividend of Rs. 2 per Unit for the FY 10/11, 100% increase over the last years Rs.1 dividend. “We have [...]
A view of Colombo’s skyline from the Indian Ocean, a scenic sunset from the deck of a ship and a sumptuous dinner at sea were among the memories some 600 people from all over Sri Lanka took back with them after they were recently treated to “Jetliner” cruises by Ceylinco Life. Two cruises, each accommodating [...]
An article in an English daily on April 18, by another sycophant leaping to the defense of the GOSL, claims that the word “triumphalism” used in the UN Panel report, has been copied from local NGOs and therefore the Panel Report is not an original view of the panelists, and should therefore be condemned. I [...]
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