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The Amana Bank Team attended the handover ceremony of the refurbished clinic to hospital authorities at the Kalubowila hospital premises  As a responsible corporate inspired by its people-friendly banking model, Amana Bank recently refurbished the Child and Adolescents Mental Health Clinic of the Colombo South Teaching Hospital (Kalubowila Hospital).  The refurbishment project at the clinic, which is one of Sri …

COLOMBO : Saudi Ambassador Khalid bin Hamoud Alkahtani handed a gift of 50 tons of dates from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz  to Sri Lanka. The Secretary to the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Sri Lanka Somaratne W Pathirana , Director of the Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Faizal Abdeenl and Ibrahim …

KANDY : The 52nd Annual General Meeting organized by the Islamic Students’ Movement of Trinity College Kandy commenced on the 25th of February at the college’s main hall.   A spectacular display of Islamic diversity and culture spread before an enthusiastic audience.   The chief guest Mr. Afzal Marikkar and the guest of honor Mr. Azam Jawar, both being old boys of Trinity, graced …

Saudi Arabian ambassador Khalid bin Hamoud Al-Kahtani  received a delegation from the Development Evaluation Department of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) today, a statement from the embassy said.  The visit aims to conduct a post-implementation evaluation of the Epilepsy Hospital and Health Centres project in Sri Lanka, which was implemented by the Ministry of Health at a cost of  …

COLOMBO The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) is slated to deliver its decision on the electricity tariff reduction proposal mooted by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Wednesday  (Feb.28). According to a spokesperson of the Ministry of Power & Energy, the tariffs are likely to be reduced by at least 18%. PUCSL will convene a meeting later today to …

By Latheef Farook  Crucial Muslim support facilitated the process of Sri Lanka  gaining  independence from British in 1948 and help end almost four and half centuries of European colonial rule in the island. Many still remember the leading role played by Muslims leaders such as Dr T.B.Jayah, Sir Razik Fareed, Dr M.C.M.Kaleel and Dr Badiduddin Mahmud in the constitutional reforms …