BOC achieves
unique landmark:
First Rs one trillion balance
sheet in corporate sector
Bank of Ceylon (BOC),
the premier state bank in the
country, reached a landmark
achievement by recording a Rs one
trillion balance sheet as at end May
this year. “We, as the national bank
in the country, were working towards
a target of 01,10,12 to achieve the
one trillion balance sheet, Rs 10
billion profit by 2012 and achieved
this significant milestone seven
months prior to the targeted date,”
Bank of Ceylon Chairman Dr Gamini
Wickramasinghe said.
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Katuwana killers will be brought
to book - Hulugalle
The government
will take all measures to bring the
culprits in the Katuwana double
murder case to book, whoever they
may be. This is another effort in
eliminating the law of the jungle,
Media Centre for National Security
Director General Lakshman Hulugalle
said yesterday.
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Anti-dengue
drive:
Minister bemoans lukewarm
response from govt departments
The country has
45 ministries, but only nine have
appointed Dengue Control Committees.
Only four out of 90 departments have
responded to the circular by the
Secretary to the President directing
all government institutions to set
up Dengue Control Committees, Health
Minister Maithripala Sirisena said.
“There are 33 authorities, 30
boards, 24 corporations and 21
commissions in the country. But
Dengue Control Committees have been
set up only in one each of the above
bodies.
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More evidence of Balangoda man
Pre-historic
human skeleton unearthed in SL for
first time :
Excavations at
the Pahiyangala cave in
Bulathsinhala, Kalutara confirmed
that homo sapiens had settled in Sri
Lanka 40,000 years ago, Deputy
Director of Archaeology Dr Nimal
Perera said. A skeleton of the
Balangoda man was found at the
excavation site of the Pahiyangala
cave a few days ago, he said. It was
the first time that a pre-historic
human skeleton was unearthed in Sri
Lanka, Dr Perera said. Following the
excavation, more evidence was found
about the Balangoda man including
his food items, rituals and also
equipment made out of stone used by
him, he said.
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