Sri Lanka Insurance expands presence in north
The State-owned insurance giant, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd., expanded its presence in the north by relocating its Jaffna branch at a more modern and spacious location at No. 571, Hospital Road, Jaffna and opening a new branch at No. 31, A9 Road, Kilinochchi last week.
A tropical 12 days of Christmas at Jetwing Beach
Spending Christmas on the beautiful sun-kissed beaches of Sri Lanka is the very stuff of which dreams are made of – and with Jetwing Beach in Negombo these dreams are apt to become a reality.
HNB calls it a year by reaching 350 ATMs
HNB has kept to its commitment to aggressively expand the bank’s electronic delivery channels with the commissioning of its 350th ATM.
The 350th ATM was ceremonially opened at the Ragama General Hospital Premises. The bank currently maintains 291 on-site (at customer centre premises) and 59 off-site ATMs spread across the island.
Chinese farmers prosper using internet
Beijing (IANS): Farmers in China’s remote villages are prospering with trading agricultural products through the world wide web using internet connectivity provided at various information centres in rural parts of the country.
EDB to set afloat boat building industry in global markets
Boat building is a lucrative and thriving industry which was capitalised on by the Western world during the previous decade. The centre for manufacturing boats is now moving towards developing countries mainly due to the labour cost advantage and the trainable workforce offered by these countries.
Customs seizes illicit cigarettes worth Rs. 180 m
A massive haul of illicit tobacco, 10 million sticks in quantity, causing a loss of Rs. 180 million for the Government, was taken into custody by the Customs intelligence Unit.
These counterfeit cigarettes were imported to Sri Lanka under famous cigarette brand names.
2011 and beyond: What it may hold for global tourism
“The global crisis is over, at least for tourism” was the message that came out strong at the 18th Travel Monitor Forum held in Pisa, Italy in November this year, organised to unfold research carried out by the international consultancy outfit IPK.
The President and founder of this event, Rolf Freitag said:
Singapore casino to launch world’s first ArtScience museum
Singapore: Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands will open the world’s first ArtScience museum in February, the latest attraction at its $5.5 billion gambling complex built by US casino giant Las Vegas Sands.
Indo-Lanka defence ties to be enhanced
Defence Secretary of India Pradeep Kumar left the country yesterday, concluding his three-day official visit to Sri Lanka. During his visit, the two countries discussed enhancing defence ties and agreed on several programmes to do so.
India, world’s biggest producer of pulses, extends export ban
Reuters: India, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of pulses, has extended a ban on pulses exports until further order, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar, said on Tuesday, as it battles to rein in high food prices.
The Government had in June 2006 banned exports of pulses, which has a weightage of 0.72 per cent in the wholesale price index.
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