Lanka a hotspot for card fraud

Cloned cards used to make mega purchases:

SRI LANKAN expatriates here who had used their international credit cards in the island during their summer vacation, have complained that their cards were cloned and transactions made on their cards from far-off places such as Japan, Britain, Sri Lanka itself, Canada and Thailand.

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A/L paper marking to resume soon

TEACHER Trade unions agreed to attend paper marking duties on a date set by the Examinations commissioner, after the circular amending salary anomalies in the Teachers’ and Principals’ service is issued, at a meeting with the Ministerial sub-committee yesterday.

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Indian SC restrains destruction of Ram Sethu

THE Indian Supreme Court yesterday restrained the Government from causing any damage to the mythological Ram Sethu (bridge) off India’s southern tip that would be destroyed for constructing a navigational sea route.

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Rupee depreciation unwarranted - CB

The depreciation of Sri Lanka Rupee by 0.99 per cent during the past two weeks against the US Dollar is not based upon any fundamental macroeconomic factors. Export earnings continued to increase during the first half of 2007 outperforming the high growth recorded in the same period in 2006. Exports during the first half grew by 12.9 per cent from US dollars 3,162 million in 2006 to US dollars 3,569 million in 2007.

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