The Monetary Board, with the concurrence of the President and Minister of Finance, has appointed Mr P Samarasiri as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, with effect from 1st June, 2014. Mr. P Samarasiri has functioned as an Assistant Governor in the Central Bank over the previous six and half years and while holding…
Germany won the World Cup on Sunday for the fourth time, defeating Argentina, 1-0, in the final. The crowd was overwhelmingly in support of Argentina, as more than 100,000 Argentines flooded over the border and coated Rio in a sea of blue. It hardly mattered to Germany, though. Mario Goetze scored in extra time –…
The renovated old Auditor General’s office complex, completed as part of the Independence Square Development programme was declared open by HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa today evening (13th July). President Rajapaksa unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion amidst the distinguished invitees at the opening. Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the driving…
Another landmark in the process of the planned beautification of the city of Colombo comes alive this evening when President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially declares open the luxury shopping complex and other facilities in Colombo 7. This modern shopping complex near Independence Square, established within the renovated colonial building which earlier housed the Auditor General’s Department…
FIFA has officially announced the names of the 10 players in contention for the Golden Boot award usually given to the championship’s most outstanding player. Four Germans, three Argentines, and one player each from Brazil, Colombia and the Netherlands are vying for the coveted trophy, won by Uruguayan Diego Forlan in the 2010 World Cup…
If you’re thinking of selling an old smartphone just be careful. A security firm in the Czech Republic has managed to extract thousands of images and data from second hand phones purchased on ebay. Avast used publicly available software and with just a few simple steps had accessed pictures, emails and texts. The files they…
Brazil isn’t alone in having a national identity so tied to a single sport. India, for one, could claim to be more obsessed with cricket than Brazil is with soccer. It is impossible to quantify which country is more passionate about their favorite sport. But, at the risk of angering a billion people from Kashmir…
The Initial Public Offering (IPO) by Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Limited has been oversubscribed by 2.00 pm today (11 July), said the managers to the issue Sri Lanka Merchant Bank. The Sri Lanka Merchant Bank said the 38 million ordinary voting shares of Rs. 228 million and the 24 million ordinary non-voting shares of…
Colombo stocks slugged the seven day winning streak on Friday to close the weekly operations on negative note. Main index declined by 7.46 points or 0.11% to end at 6,661.40 and 20-script S&P SL index declined by 26.98 points or 0.72% to end at 3,708.16. Price depreciations in primary blue chips such as Carson Cumberbatch…
Lanka ORIX Finance PLC has stated that it has obtained a court order against the crisis ridden PCH Holdings PLC selling any of its assets including shares in Dynaris Holdings PLC. Any sale of assets in violation of this order would be considered as contempt of court. Lanka ORIX Finance PLC says that since Dynaris…
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