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Thursday, May 24 2012

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Kidnappers get suspended sentence

Illegal attestation fine to be increased to Rs. 100,000

17 Chinese arrested in bank scam

Colombo shares slide; traders blame SEC for tightening rules

Nalaka steps down from top Sri Lankan Tourism positions

Fire at Dehiwala fuel station

A major fire broke out at a fuel station situated on the Galle Road at Dehiwala today ( May24) Fire officials and residents said.

They said the blaze broke out around 10.00 am this mor...

Kidnappers get suspended sentence

The couple that abducted a toddler and later demanded Rs. five million for his release were today handed down a suspended sentence of 10 years each

by the Puttalam Magistrate S. D. A. Arafath.

The accus...

17 Chinese arrested in bank scam

A group of 17 Chinese nationals including six females were arrested yesterday for alleged bank fraud, police said today.

They said the group is alleged to have withdrawn an estimated US$ 2 million from...

Nalaka steps down from top Sri Lankan Tourism positions

Dr Nalaka Godahewa on Thursday stepped down from three tourism-related positions but said he would continue as Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.
In a statement, he said he was resign...

Illegal attestation fine to be increased to Rs. 100,000

The government is to increase the fine for illegal attestation by notaries under the Notaries Ordinance from Rs. 2500 Rs. 100,000.

Cabinet has approved this proposal as there have been increased numbe...

More people in Kelaniya gold rush

More and more people are wading into the waters of the Kelaniya River at Pugoda-Kelaniya in search of gold fragments that have reportedly been discovered.

Our journalists at the scene said some estimat...

Sri Lanka's Postmaster General appointed acting NSB chairman

Sri Lanka’s Postmaster General (PMG) Rohana Abeyratna has been appointed as acting chairman of the National Savings Bank (NSB), the government said on Thursday.
Treasury Secretary Dr P.B. Jayasundera...

World

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Egyptians swarm polling centres on day 2 of landmark vote

CAIRO, May 24, 2012 (AFP) - Egyptians swarmed polling stations on the second day Thursday of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are ...

World Videos

Sherlock Holmes fans fight to save author Arthur Conan Doyle's house

Mark Gatiss, the writer behind the BBC's Sherlock series, says the state of disrepair of Arthur Conan Doyle's house is disgraceful

Courtesy - Tel...

Analysis

Lebanon sucked into Syria unrest: Analysts - By Rana Moussaoui

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 22, 2012 (AFP) - Lebanon has fallen hostage to the conflict in neighbouring Syria following deadly sectarian clashes between the ...

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Colombo shares slide; traders blame SEC for tightening rules

Colombo stocks slid further on Thursday where both benchmark indices closed with negative returns, following SEC directives on broker trading, analyst...

Discussion/Business Videos

David Cameron: EU leaders must agree on a plan for Greece

Speaking outside a summit for Eu leaders in Brussels, the Prime Minister says European leaders must be decisive over Greece.

Courtesy - Telegraph TV

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Analysis

TEA assertion on revenue gains doesn’t add up

Letter

The denial by some members of the TEA that they are lobbying to import cheap tea is laughable. The sole purpose of the exercise, as stated in th...

Features

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Nominations for Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship

Nominations are now being invited for the Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship of Sahitya Akademi, India.

Sahitya Akademi, instituted the Fellowship name...

Appreciations/Letters

Letter:Callous bosses who care naught for their employees

It seems that employers in certain private sector companies, and even certain multinational companies, are taxing their employees to the limit, and be...

Interviews/Stories

Combating epidemics when we were Ceylon

Research scholars usually keep to the narrow confines of the subject of their interest. However, Dr. S. Ananda Meegama PhD, an internationally known d...