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Calling Colombo
The HSBC Group on Friday finalized plans to pump in US$ 25 mn to set up its seventh group service centre in Sri Lanka, generating over 2000 jobs. The call centre will be the largest such project in the country taking Sri Lanka into the big leagues of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).rn rnThe project is […]
Sugar Free
The UNF threatened to reduce import duties on commodities, starting with sugar, if local traders start hoarding goods to increase prices. rnThe import duty on sugar was reduced with immediate effect on Friday to control a surge in sugar prices in the local market.rn rnThe price of a kilogram of sugar went up from Rs […]
Redialing
The telecom watchdog is taking a second look at the controversial Caller Party Pays (CPP) tariffs, this time taking account of its implications to phone subscribers and bulk users.The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has opted for this route, as public responses flood in since a March 1 implementation date was pushed back.rn rnThe review will […]
Seeing Red
The Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is marrying its past with the present, to give the party its first significant political victory next month.ldblquote We did not take part in active politics for 34 years. We watched and we saw what was happening.Things were getting so bad, we decided to return to support the JVP […]
Super Power
The Supreme Court sought time till March 29, to give President Chandrika Kumaratunga an opinion on the controversial tax amnesty law.President Kumaratunga had used her constitutional powers on March 8 and asked the Supreme Court for its opinion.rn rnThough the Constitution requires an opinion to be given within 10 days, the five-member Bench presided by […]
Hot Chip
Intel Expanded its product offer in Sri Lanka as it faces growing demand for its processors from the state and private sector and a growing population of individual personal computer users. Intel of Wednesday introduced four new processors that promise to deliver an even faster digital experience and offer headroom for the next wave of […]
Target Practice
Despite an independent police commission in place, local officers continue to harass and torture innocent victims, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) said Wednesday.In its second report on torture by the police in Sri Lanka, titled Endemic torture and the collapse of policing in Sri Lanka, the report describes 31 recent cases of torture or […]
Green Eye
Denying news reports of supporting a split in the Tamil Tigers, the United States on Wed. pledged US$ 600,000 in assistance to help election monitoring activities during next months poll.US ambassador Jeffrey J Lunstead said that the US had nothing to do with the unprecedented break up of the LTTE ahead of the April 2 […]
Oven Fresh
In 1912, one man with a life savings of 75 cents turned a tea kiosk into one of the largest biscuit manufacturers in the country. With a third generation at the helm, Maliban talks of going public as it charts a course of new growth.Exports are expected to lead that drive, with new markets mapped […]
Trouble?
Tamil Tiger guerrillas have begun pouring fighters along a district border in northeastern Sri Lanka, heightening fears of a showdown with renegades, the rival faction said.rnThe main Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has built up its strength to about 400 fighters by deploying an additional 85 cadres since Sunday along the banks of the […]