Recent developments regarding the National Savings Bank (NSB) referring to a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) are solely relating to the operations of the Sri Lanka Savings Bank (SLSB) and not applicable to the NSB, the premier savings bank clarified on Wednesday.
“We have observed that there is a misinterpretation on National Savings Bank (NSB), amongst the public, of a news item, currently circulating pertaining to the Sri Lanka Savings Bank (SLSB). We wish to clarify that SLSB is a fully owned subsidiary of NSB, and that the recent developments involve the proposed merger of SLSB with NSB, pursuant to a regulatory directive by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).
The NSB emphasised that the VFS decision does not have any impact on the stability of NSB.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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