Sri Lanka’s oldest commercial bank, the Hatton National Bank will open its state of the art Head Office ‘HNB Towers’ at Darley Road, Colombo today. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga will be the chief guest.

Udatalawinna mass murder : Ratwatte refused bail

by Kumar Wethasinghe

The Trial at Bar hearing the Udatalawinna mass murder case yesterday refused a bail application made on behalf of the first accused, former Deputy Defence Minister, General Anuruddha Ratwatte.
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Pramuka liquidation stayed by Court

The Court of Appeal yesterday issued a stay order against the Central Bank restraining it from liquidating the Pramuka Bank.The order by the President of the Court of Appeal Justice Nihal Jayasinghe was sequal to four petitions against the Central Bank decision to cancel Pramuka's licence.
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CWE, Co-operatives told : Buy more coconuts from ministry estates

Plantation Industries Minister Lakshman Kiriella said his ministry has not received an encouraging response from the CWE and the co-operative unions towards its efforts to provide coconuts at a fair price to consumers.
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