Football By Dinouk Colombage The fourth round of the Carling Cup was played this week across England, and the top flight teams were able to overcome early jitters to book their places in the quarter-finals. Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea all overcame their opponents to ensure there were no major upsets on [...]
West Indies vs Bangladesh – Second Test – Mirpur By Dion Michael Two wickets late in the day helped Bangladesh to share the honours on the opening day of the second test againt the West Indies at Mirpur on Saturday. The tourists had held the upper hand throughout the day after negotiating the morning session [...]
Special Fashion Show at SLDF 2011 The third annual Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) scheduled for November, features a fascinating line-up of events including a series of fashion shows. Among these, one of the most inspirational and interesting fashion shows of the festival is the Island Craft fashion show: featuring handloom, batik and beeralu lace [...]
With Budget 2012 round the corner, one step that the Government may take in trying to enhance revenue collections is to have key revenue earning authorities such as Lands, Customs and Inland Revenue computer connected. This would enable the authorities to track down such transactions, thereby ensuring that there are no revenue leakages. Though there [...]
By Maryam Azwer and Gazala Anver Construction on the Mattala airport is currently 37 to 40% complete, said Yohan Jayaratne, Executive Director of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited He said that the basic infrastructure is already in place and operations will commence in December, next year. He added that discussions on the proposed [...]
Nations Trust Bank (NTB) is now in Ratnapura. Commenting on this 46th branch opening, DGM Retail & SME Banking Ms. Keshini Jayawardena said, “We have always put our customers at our business’s forefront, constantly improving our product & service propositions, delivery channels and processes to cater to their changing needs. We hope that the people [...]
Man, when separated from law and justice, is the worst of all animals By Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe Attorney-at-Law He that spares the bad, injures the good,’ Thomas Fuller – Gnomologia. ‘Are you going to hang him anyhow-and try him afterward?’Mark Twain – Innocents at Home. The two foregoing statements by Thomas Fuller and Mark Twain [...]
Re: Paranthan Chemicals Company Ltd In a news item on Paranthan Chemicals Company Ltd. carried on July 3, 2011 issue of The Sunday Leader the following paragraph appeared. ‘Meanwhile the sources further alleged that Abeysiri has employed one of his relatives to Paranthan Chemicals as its Accountant to enable him to carry out all his [...]
As part of its overall strategy, The Finance Company PLC (TFC) is now in the process of operating a number of its key branches from more strategic locations in order to maximize the potential from these areas. Bringing this objective to light the 70 year old financial firm has made arrangements to better serve their [...]
The UN Committee Against Torture is to review Sri Lanka next month, Amnesty International said in an email to The Sunday Leader. Sri Lanka will be under review at the 47th session of the UN Committee Against Torture during a meeting on November 8 – 9, in Geneva. Amnesty International has submitted a briefing paper [...]
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