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| NSB Chairman, directors must step down - BT Poll |
A quick poll on Thursday by the Business Times (BT) on the crisis at the National Savings Bank (NSB) vis-à-vis a tainted stock market transaction, found near-unanimity in the call for the removal of bank chairman Pradeepa Kariyawasam and its directors.
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| Together they traverse the deep blue sea |
Asha De Vos and her watch have been all but inseparable for nearly 15 years. A gift from her father, well-known architect Ashley De Vos the watch was an acknowledgement of what her family recognized as Asha’s “strong desire to be at least five minutes early to anything I attended or did. |
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| Sudden death |
Perfectly healthy and very fit, going about their studies or work…..suddenly they collapse and die. Dropping dead due to the heart stopping suddenly seems to be the explanation, leaving dear and near ones in shocked disbelief. |
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| EDITORIAL |
| A war hero and the war heroes' day |
Yesterday's 'spit and polish' tri-services parade at the Galle Face in Colombo to commemorate the more spectacular military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009 was overshadowed by the swirling stories that the incarcerated Commander who led those men then was to be released.
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| COLUMNS |
| Moves afoot to get UPFA “home grown”policy going -- Political Column |
Leaders of both the United National Party (UNP) and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will make separate announcements in Parliament next week on important political issues if behind-the-scene consultations with the government, now under way, bear fruit. |
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| The Palmyrah Prof. |
The discussion at the Biochemistry Department on the top-most floor of the Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Library Building is on food and their link with diseases such as diabetes. A name which keeps cropping up, however, is of someone who no longer works there, but has been awarded Emeritus Professor status in 2008. |
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| The revolt of Domingo Corea |
Before long, Captain Azavedo was able to conquer places like Rakgahawatta, Navagamuwa and Gurubavula, which belonged to the Sitawaka Kingdom. He appointed Don Juan Dharmapala to rule Sitawaka. Domingo Corea was appointed as the Government Agent of the seven Korales and was sent there. |
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