Commercial Bank takes IT to Kataragama Children
Celebrates opening of 200th Service Point with a community project
Children at the Gothamigama Junior College in Kataragama now have the chance to enhance their IT skills thanks to a community development project carried out by the Commercial Bank of Ceylon alongside the opening of its milestone 200th Service Point in Kataragama.
Sampath Bank guides Grade 5 students to confidently face scholarship examination
Thanks to Sampath Bank, Grade 5 students in several areas will be able to face the scholarship examination next month with full of confidence.
At a series of seminars organised by the bank, the students will learn methods of managing time in writing answers and also the way to answer difficult questions. The most likely questions will also be discussed – all this while being provided with an opportunity to win valuable cash prizes.
Swadeshi Khomba meets educational needs of students in Kataragama
Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC, Sri Lanka’s pioneer herbal-based personal care products company, came forth to meet the educational needs of 10 students with an objective of assisting students of low-income groups who are deprived of the basic necessities in life to follow an uninterrupted school career.
Farmers and scientists as partners against hunger
By Ernest Corea
WASHINGTON D.C. (IDN-InDepth News): Disturbing forecasts of continuing food price increases and the potential for debilitating hunger afflicting the world’s poor served as the backdrop to World Bank President Robert Zoellick’s exhortations on 6 July at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
Solving the cement shortage
Sri Lanka is on the verge of a cement shortage. Industry experts have appealed to the Government to find a solution to the problem by engaging with private sector importers so that the amount of cement being brought into the country can be increased without a corresponding leap of prices – a hefty demand to say the least.
Janashakthi’s athletes triumph at national meets, establish new records
Janashakthi’s sponsored athletes have once again proved their mettle this year and emerged winners at the recent All Island Schools Sir John Tarbet Athletic Championships, the Junior National Athletics Championships and the Women’s Athletics Championships.
Woods to return to PGA Tour action next week
MIAMI (Reuters): Tiger Woods, who has missed the last two majors because of leg injuries, will return to competition at next week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, the former world number one said on Thursday.
A seven-times winner of the event at Firestone Country Club, Woods has not played tournament golf since he pulled out of the Players Championship in May after completing just nine holes.
KIK Cola sponsors Super 16 Junior Rugby Tournament
KIK Cola announced that it is the title sponsor of this year’s Super 16 Junior Rugby tournament currently underway at the Royal College Sports Complex in Colombo. KIK have signed a three year deal with the organising committee which is made up solely of representatives from each of the nine schools taking part, to be title sponsor of this tournament seeking to promote rugby to the younger generation.
Kirwan says rugby is entering a new era in Asia
Japan coach John Kirwan believes Asia is reaching a pivotal point that will eventually lead to it becoming a major force in rugby union, a sport traditionally dominated by Europe and southern-hemisphere nations like South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Lanka tour is make or break for Australian cricket: Nielsen
Brisbane (ANI): Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen is of the view that the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka is a make or break for the squad led by Michael Clarke.
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