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HNB goes for Rs.6 b subordinated debenture issue
Friday, 26 August 2016 10:04The Hatton National bank is to go for Rs.6 billion subordinated debenture issue.
SLRC gets CSN OB bus on a court order
Friday, 26 August 2016 09:59Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) becomes the beneficiary of 40 feet Outside Broad (OB) Casting bus owned by Carlton Sports Network (CSN) Television channel on a Court Order Thursday.
Govt. resorts to short term borrowings to tackle economic woes
Friday, 26 August 2016 08:59Sri Lankan government’s short term borrowings seem to be a matter of concern against the current back drop of the declining rupee, low tax revenue and high state expenditure, economic experts warn.
An act to imprison public officers responsible for wrongdoing
Friday, 26 August 2016 08:54The government intends introducing a new act soon to ensure that young and talented persons are appointed to government positions.
Many war-affected people live with shrapnel in their bodies
Friday, 26 August 2016 08:23Parliament has received information that 410 persons of Vavuniya and Jaffna live with pieces o shrapnel in their bodies.
Important to build capacities to prevent human trafficking - FM
Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:23Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera today said that the government is determined to reinforce stringent domestic measures in order to curb the considerable number citizens falling prey to human trafficking or human smuggling.
President says has no knowledge of bribery incident
Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:20Referring to an Australian media report of a bribery scandal involving him when he was a cabinet minister, president Maithripala Sirisena has said he had "no knowledge of the incident" and requested further details to "ascertain the involvement of any of his office staff.
2 surgeries for Dinesh Dodamgoda
Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:00Former UNP MP, lawyer Dinesh Dodamgoda, has undergone two surgeries at Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital following an assault.