Diethelm Travel Sri Lanka (formerly known as Hemtours) launched its new fleet of 40 cars valued at over Rs. 250 million to service Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo’s guests. The fleet comprises 40 new Nissan Blubird vehicles. “We have been in partnership with Taj for over eight years with the presence of our travel counters providing [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara The Preventive Division of the Sri Lanka Customs will investigate the possible loss of revenue in the case where the STF raided a motor garage at Pannipitiya functioning as a massive reassembling plant. Customs await the courts notification regarding the case in order to begin to investigations as to whether the country [...]
Asian Alliance Insurance’s (AAI’s) 10th Annual Sales Convention, “Quality Awards 2011” was held recently in a resort hotel in a grand scale. The celebrations were themed “Pride of the Decade”. Chairman Paul Ratnayeke, director/CEO Ramal Jasinghe, Executive Committee members & Senior Management were present at this occasion. Sales & Marketing General Manager Chula Hettiarachchi in [...]
Grease Yakka’ is having Sri Lanka in a spin. Every one knows what ‘grease’ is. But who or what Yakka is, no one can say with accuracy even though women young and old in many parts of this island have been screaming out at night claiming that they had been attacked, embraced, raped and even [...]
It is no secret that Sri Lankans are starved for entertainment. We have some film halls in the city of Colombo and when the films in the theatre are exhausted we have to sit and wait for them to change for these films run for a month or two. But it is what happens in [...]
Asiri Hospitals which are part of the Softlogic Group has received USD 20 mn. by way of a long term financing arrangement from IFC, a World Bank Group member. The transaction includes the Group’s main hospitals; Asiri Hospital, Asiri Surgical Hospital and the new Central Hospital, as co-borrowers. The loan’s major part amounting to USD [...]
In the event the Government increases taxes in Budget 2012 that negates the very purpose of giving concessions in the previous, a tax consultant told this reporter. N.R. Gajendran, Senior Partner, Gajma & Co., referring to the comment made by Ms. Dhammika Gunatilaka, Tax Adviser, Fiscal Policy Department, at a recent tax seminar where she [...]
Ananda College, Lumbini Vidyalaya and Dharmapala beat Veluwana MV, S De S Jayasinghe MV and Moratuwa MV respectively at the Schools Under 18 Rugby tournament conducted by the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) at Havelock Park and the Science College Grounds in Ratmalana. In the two games played at Havelock Park, Ananda thrashed Veluwana [...]
By Dinouk Colombage The one day and twenty-twenty matches are over; Sri Lanka took the honours in the shortest format, while Australia bounced back to comfortably win the one day series 3-2. Attention will now turn this week to the test matches, which will get underway in Galle on Wednesday. The squads have been announced [...]
The best page I love to read in any newspaper after the headlines is the comic strips. The inimitable Calvin, the arrogant Garfield, the stupid Id, the ever returning Andy Capp. They sometime make us smile, sometimes make us think, sometimes make us grimace- whatever it is, it is always enjoyable. What is most sad [...]
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