Six Indians arrested attempting to smuggle gold

Another group of Lankans sent back

The Australian Government has returned more than 1000 Sri Lankan irregular maritime arrivals after a group of 39 asylum seekers was returned to Colombo today, the Australian High Commission in Colombo said. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Brendan O?Connor said the group was advised its members were subject to removal from Australia as none had raised issues that engaged Australia?s international obligations. The group comprised 38 irregular maritime arrivals who arrived at Geraldton las

18 Apr, 2013

Golden Key to resume operations

The?controversial and much talked about?Golden Key Credit Card Company will restart operations from the 1st of next month with a new Board of Directors, the government information department said. A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Priyantha Fernando has been appointed as the Chairman of the Company.? The other members of the Director Board include Mrs. Dushyanthi Hapugoda, Attorney at Law V.K. Choksy, Jehan Amarathunga, Aruna Lekamge and? Wasantha Gunathilaka. The first meeting of the

18 Apr, 2013

PUCSL approves the new electricity tariff

The Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL) has approved the new electricity tariff which would be effective from this month, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced today. As per the new tariff, the existing Incremental Block Tariff structure has been changed to a Volume-Differentiated Tariff structure for Domestic (D-1) and Religious (R-1) and General -1 (GP-1) customer categories. When the monthly (30 day) consumption of any consumer belonging to the above categories falls within a certain r

17 Apr, 2013