PLC is valued 17th among the “Top 20 Most Valuable Brands” of Sri Lanka

“Top 20 Most Valuable Brands”PLC is valued 17th among the “Top 20 Most Valuable Brands” of Sri LankaPeople’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC) has scaled up from 21st to 17th amongthe “Top 20 Most Valuable Brands”. The rating was revealed as an outcome of the research study in the 05th annual brand valuation edition released by Brand Finance. PLC brand was rated AA- and valued at Rs. 4,265 Million compared to Rs. 3,015 Million in the previous...

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Sri Lanka may reduce electricity tariff

Sri Lanka may reduce electricity tariff Sri Lanka Power FlowSri Lanka's privately owned The Daily Mirror newspaper quoted power ministry secretary M M C Ferdinando as saying there “would be a possibility of bringing down electricity prices for the low income category.” The Lankadeepa newspaper said there was speculation of a 20 percent reduction in the increase for users below 150 units.The report said President...

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Sri Lanka's first Safari Park at Hambantota

Sri Lanka's first Safari Park at HambantotaThe booming to the tourism industryConstructions of Sri Lanka's first Safari Park at Ridiyagama in Hambantota in the deep south will be opened to the public in October this year(2013), the government announced.The construction work at the first Safari Park in the island started in 2008 under the direction of The National Zoological Department. Four of the park's six zones will be reserved for carnivorous...

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Sri Lanka official government news website hacked

Sri Lanka official government news website hackedKURDISH ELITE SECURITY TEAM (KEST)Sri Lanka official government news website www.news.lk was hacked by a group identifying itself as Sultan Brain.The Director General of the Information Department Dr. Ariyaratne Athugala said that the website was not hacked but the internet firewall had been compromised and the maintenance of the site was underw...

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Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso to visit Sri Lanka

Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso to visit Sri LankaSri Lanka and Japan bilateral relationshipThe Deputy Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso and Parliamentary Senior Vice Minister of Finance, Honourable Yuko Obuchi will visit Sri Lanka from 1st to 2nd May 2013,the Japanese embassy in Colombo announced.During their visit Aso, and Ms. Obuchi will call on the Sri Lankan President to discuss bilateral relations with a view to further strengthening...

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Chris Gayle Scores fastest century in cricket history during IPL game

Chris Gayle Scores fastest century in cricket history during IPL gameFastest T20 CenturyExplosive opener Chris Gayle slammed the fastest century in cricket history, reaching the triple figure in just 30 balls during the Royal Challengers Bangalore-Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League 2013.The century that included seven dot balls, four singles, eight fours and 11 sixes for the home side at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.The...

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Northern Provincial Council elections in September 2013

Northern Provincial Council elections in September 2013first time the provincial council elections in NPCSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the election for the Northern Provincial Council would be held in September this year 2013.After establishing provincial councils in 1987,It would be the first time the provincial council elections to be held in the Northern Province since the provincial councils came into existence...

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Sri Lanka Cricket elects officials, President and Secretary

Sri Lanka Cricket elects officials President and SecretarySLC New President and Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elected officials to the board in the first secret ballot held yesterday amid heavy security and under the supervision of the Elections Department officials at the board's request.Jayantha Dharmadasa and Nishantha Ranatunga has been respectively appointed as the President and the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Cricket, during the AGM....

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BBS To Launch ‘Counterattack’ Programme

BBS To Launch Counterattack ProgrammeBodu Bala Sena“The anthem of the Bodu Bala Sena carries an incendiary message that seeks to depict sections of this country’s people as outsiders and destroyers. Its purpose is to incite distrust and hostility between ethnic and religious groups, promoting national disharmony in the country,” the statement said.Over 60 people, including university lecturers, teachers and journalists...

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Annual horse racing event in Nuwara Eliya

Annual horse racing event in Nuwara EliyaThe spring festivalSri Lanka Turf Club (SLTC) says that the annual Horse Racing Festival of Sri Lanka's hill country tourist city, Nuwara Eliya, will be held from 15 April to 20 April 2013.Sri Lankan horses as well as Indian horses will participate in the annual Horse races 2013. The spring festival held annually in April in the picturesque city is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka....

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Move to shift National Lotteries Board to Hambantota

Move to shift National Lotteries Board to HambantotaNational Lotteries Board (NLB)The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has identified a move to shift the National Lotteries Board (NLB) to Hambantota from its present location in Colombo, Parliament was informed. NLB officials had confirmed this to the COPE at a meeting held recently. “How can they commute the long distance between Hambantota and Colombo,”UNP MPs Dayasiri Jayasekara...

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Ban Indian Tamil movies films in Sri Lanka

Ban Indian Tamil movies films in Sri LankaRavana Balaya Sri LankaA Buddhist nationalist group staged a protest here for halting screening of Kollywood movies in Sri Lanka. Members of Ravana Balaya gathered outside the office of the cinema regulator Public Performance Board (PPB) and theatres to press for a ban on Tamil movies coming from South India. Ravana Balaya says that the decision has been taken to protest the influence of Tamil Nadu over...

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Rohana Seneviratne wins Saraswati Sanskrit Prize 2012

Rohana Seneviratne wins Saraswati Sanskrit Prize 2012Saraswati Sanskrit Prize 2012Mr. Rohana Seneviratne, lecturer in Sanskrit at the Department of Classical Languages of the University of Peradeniya and currently a doctoral student in Sanskrit at the University of Oxford, UK won the prestigious Saraswati Sanskrit Prize 2012. Saraswati Sanskrit Prize 2012The Saraswati Sanskrit Prize is a biannual award instituted in 2008 by the Indian Council...

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Sri Lanka banned the use of 3 verities of agro chemicals

Sri Lanka banned the use of 3 verities of agro chemicalskidney patients have found traces of arsenicMinister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhana states that the government has banned the use of 3 verities of agro chemicals.That test carried out on the blood samples of kidney patients have found traces of arsenic,Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said.Minister Abeywardhana also noted that this decision had been ancillary influenced by the...

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Sri Lanka qualifies for the Asian 5 Nation Rugby Tournament

Sri Lanka qualifies for the Asian 5 Nation Rugby TournamentAsian 5 Nations RugbyThe Sri Lankan Rugby Team qualified to the top 5 teams of the Asian 5 Nation Rugby Pool.Sri Lanka handed Kazakhstan a heavy defeat on their way to clinch the Asian Five Nations rugby championship at Havelock sports ground in Colombo.Sri Lanka won the match 49 points to 18.Sri Lanka scored from six tries, five conversions and three penalties as fullback Reeza...

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Indian parliamentary delegation to visit Sri Lanka

Indian parliamentary delegation to visit Sri LankaThe delegation to arrive in the Island on MondayA delegation of six Indian parliamentarians will visit Sri Lanka between April 8 and April 12. They will also visit Colombo and Jaffna during the trip, which is being organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).The members are likely to meet senior Ministers and political leaders. “The MPs will also visit Jaffna to...

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Sri Lanka thrash Thailand 45-07

Sri Lanka thrash Thailand 45-07Asian 5 Nations RugbySri Lanka defeated Thailand 45-07 in the Asian 5 Nations Division 1 rugby tournament held at the Havelock Park Grounds, Colombo and secured vital bonus points.Sri Lanka’s 45 points include 6 tries, 3 Conversions and 3 Penalties while Thailand managed only one Try and a Conversion. Sandun Herath and Pradeep Liyanage scored two tries each for Sri Lanka. Chamara Dabare and Gayan Weerakoon...

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People’s Insurance Limited launches new website, paving the way for the future

The website being launchedPeople’s Insurance Limited new websitePeople’s Insurance Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, launched an exclusive website dedicated to its customers. The People’s Insurance Website will offer prospective and existing customers comprehensive information about every aspect of the company and its products and services. Easy to navigate, the user-friendly People’s Insurance website showcases...

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Coca-Cola wins two prestigious SLIM Nielsen People’s Choice Awards

Coca-Cola wins two prestigious SLIM Nielsen People’s Choice Awards"Youth Beverage Brand of the Year"Coca-Cola Sri Lanka recently won two prestigious SLIM Nielsen People’s Choice Awards 2013. The Company won the “Youth Beverage Brand of the Year for the sixth consecutive year and for the first time won the ‘People’s Advertisement of the Year’ for its Minute Maid Mixed Fruit Campaign."Youth Beverage Brand of the Year"The People's Advertisement...

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Ten cricketers willing to play in IPL

Ten cricketers willing to play in IPLIPL 2013Ten Sri Lankan cricketers have confirmed their participation in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League which begins on April 3-2013.SLC CEO  Ashley De Silva who is the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Cricket said that three more players are yet to submit their written declarations.Accordingly, Nuwan Kulasekara, Akila Dananjaya and Dinesh Chandimal is yet to confirm their participation...

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