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A woman cries at the Air Force ‘war heroes’ monument at Ekala, Ja-ela on Friday (Aug 18). About 400 relatives of 119 officers and men killed during the war paid tribute to their loved ones. Air Force Commander Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy laid the first wreath followed by a former Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal Walter Fernando, whose only son was also killed in action. (Pic courtesy Air Force) |
Comprehensive agreement on GMOA lambasts govt. for spending public funds without formal pact Health Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne yesterday said the government would soon enter into a comprehensive agreement with the SAITM (South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine) in respect of the take over of the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH). Dr. Senaratne said that the Attorney General’s Department was in the process of finalising an agreement in the wake of a tripartite agreement (letter of intent) among the government, SAITM and the Bank of Ceylon (BoC) on the NFTH take over. |
Govt. to hold parliamentary, presidential polls together
The government is, in consultation with political parties, exploring the possibility of holding both parliamentary and presidential polls on the same day, says Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne. "Conducting local, provincial ...
Another heavy defeat after
woeful batting performance
Now you see why Sunil Gavaskar said that a Ranji Trophy team in India would beat the Sri Lankan cricket team. After total domination in the Test series, India rested all their front-line bowlers – Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed...
Asia waits for US to do
'the right thing'
This week the USS America docked at the Sepanggar Naval Base in Sabah. With a crew complement of 2,500, the USS America is designed for amphibious assault, a floating metal alligator that can spit out armed men rapidly onto a sandy beach. But it is&...
HNB partners up as lead banker
to Sri Lanka’s first waste-to-energy plant
HNB announced a timely partnership with Aitken Spence PLC to serve as lead arranger to a syndicated loan facility for the construction of a revolutionary 10 Megawatt (MW) waste-to-energy power plant. The syndicated funding facility arranged by HNB i...
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