HSBC announced its new alliance with Lanka IOC PLC (LIOC) to offer the Bank’s credit card holders more benefits and convenience. The new agreement was signed recently between HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives Chief Executive Officer Nick A. Nicolaou and LIOC Managing Director K. R. Suresh Kumar. LIOC becomes the 33rd merchant to partner HSBC [...]
Seylan Bank plc has added a range of gifts to its suite of product offerings, including the chance to win a Rs. 15 million luxury house within the next six months. Known as “Thagi Pita Thagi,” among the other prizes on offer in this Seylan Bank rewards scheme that ends in April is also a [...]
Winter Wonderland! Yesterday, I was treated to a head massage, shampoo and blow dry. The first preference was a facial, but I refused after my last prolonged experience, with various concoctions being plastered repeatedly on my face, whilst having to lie on an extremely narrow bed in freezing temperature. One is supposed to relax, unwind [...]
Rajya Sabha MP, Dr. Sudharshana Natchiappan visiting Jaffna on 27 October, with a team of ‘international parliamentarians’ was pointedly asked by Jaffna media, if he is part of the Delhi agenda in ‘colour washing’ the Rajapaksa regime, neat and clean. A difficult task, with other reports getting on the public domain. A working visit to [...]
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has had talks with US State department officials on the situation in Sri Lanka, TNA sources said. A delegation from the TNA which is in the US on an invitation extended by US Under Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake, had talks with US officials [...]
It is Melbourne Cup time once again in Australia and the world famous horse race that is said to often stop the nation is set for Tuesday November 1– in keeping with the tradition of holding the event on the first Tuesday in November. The race has proved an unconquerable fortress for all but a [...]
IFS Toastmasters’ Club celebrated its 4th installation ceremony of its executive committee at the IFS premises in Colombo recently. The IFS Toastmasters Club was founded in 2008 as a corporate club under Division H, District 82 of Toastmasters International and it comprises members from the Colombo office. IFS is a Swedish public company founded in [...]
The way with cowards By Indika Sri Aravinda The Editor of The Sunday Leader, Frederica Jansz last Thursday (27) received a death threat via the post to her residence. Frederica lodged a complaint with the Mirihana Police after receiving the threat. This is not the first time and it certainly will not be the last [...]
S. Thomas’ College Old Boys’ Association Strengthening of the ties, which should bind a man to the place where, it is to be hoped, he has learned some of the most valuable lessons of life”- Warden E.F.Miller- April 19, 1886 The headline to this write-up is taken from a letter written by Warden Miller, [...]
UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Subinay Nandy said that with the end of the war in Sri Lanka the work of the UN in Sri Lanka is in the midst of a transition. In a statement Nandy encouraged the UN and partners to work together, with an emphasis on shared values, to promote a [...]
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