Kuwait – Two groups of employment agents from Sri Lanka and Kuwait came together here on Wednesday and pledged to work to create more jobs, provide support and welfare to migrant workers and reduce the problems faced by thousands of housemaids.

Questions are being raised in banking circles as to why the Central Bank relaxed some of its directions on Corporate Governance for Licensed Banks, claiming it was due to a settlement the regulator had over a dispute with Seylan Bank on these directions last year.

Fox News, owned by one of the largest international media groups in the world - Fox Entertainment Group, headed by Rupert Murdoch, has entered into a strategic tie up with MTV/MBC Channels in a landmark deal.