As the Sri Lankan cricketers meet with disaster after disaster after losing to India in the World Cup final in April, not least the sound thrashing they are getting in South Africa in their current tour, those reversals come in the backdrop of them not being paid since March. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the national [...]
Late Engineer A.J.P. Ponrajah, Scholarship Award Inauguration On November 27, 2011, the Irrigation Department Ex-Officers’ Association (IDEA) with a membership of more than 300 inaugurated a scholarship award programme to benefit deserving students to follow a Sri Lankan University course. The scholarship is named in honour of a former Director of Irrigation who lived and [...]
Hatton National Bank (HNB), one of Sri Lanka’s leading credit card issuers which specializes in issuing Visa and MasterCard brands is now offering customer services coupled with superior value additions to Bank’s credit cardholders. The Bank is offering discounts from 10% to 30% for its Classic, Gold and Platinum cardholders at Arpico Supercentres, Pizza Hut, [...]
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa was recently disgruntled that the government never seemed to be commended for the many development projects carried out. In some instances they were even blamed for development. Rajapaksa was engaged in discussing the development programmes outlined by the Ministry to be carried out next year with the funds allocated in [...]
Expolanka Holdings recently announced its acquisition of a controlling stake in Norfolk Foods Pvt Ltd for Rs.300 mn. Norfolk Foods enjoys an enviable reputation as a leading entity involved in the manufacturing and marketing a specialized processed foods range. “We saw potential in this company. Not only does it have a wide products’ portfolio, but [...]
Going Global And The Plot Thickens… From the guy who ‘helps’ you park at a random location in Colombo and then snidely asks for payment for a service you never noticed him doing, to the hustlers outside airports who get you taxi’s but yelling and waving their arms about, freeloaders (economic term, rent seekers) are [...]
Despite the pompous fanfare with which Thilanga Sumathipala announced last month his intentions to run for Sri Lanka Cricket presidency, there was more than one reason to believe that he was only blowing hot air. And so it was: the controversial one-time cricket boss dropped out, supposedly of his own accord, from the January 3 [...]
Colpetty or Kollupitiya has in recent years become one of the busiest areas in the country for seasonal shoppers during the month of December. It was not the case in the olden days when even the posh residents of Cinnamon Gardens and the diplomatic community packed the streets of Pettah and Fort as all the [...]
Text and Picture by Sumaya Samarasinghe Last Sunday Colombo seemed to be in a deep slumber. At 10 in the morning, the roads were quite deserted and I was not going to complain. My friends and I had decided to play tourist and be a little extravagant with our purses; this as a gift to [...]
The De Soysa Housing Scheme in Moratuwa is a place where thousands of people live. From the rich to the not so rich, from the old to the not so old; this popular housing complex has become a comfortable area for thousands today. With a few residents in 1987 to thousands today, Soysapura is a [...]
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