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SUPIRI VASANA JAYODA DEVELOPMENT JAYAVIRU SATURDAY FORTUNE MAHAJANA SUWASETHA SHRAMA VASANA GOVISETHA Date: 08-12-2008 FORTUNE SAMPATHA Date:20-12-2008 SAMPATHA Date:21-12-2008 Date: 17 -12-2008 Date: 21-12-2008 Draw No: 1048 Draw No.683 Date:20-12-2008 Draw No. 501 Draw No. 239 Draw No. 440 Draw No. 1978 Date: 19-12-2008 Draw No. 156 Date: 23-12-2008 Date:22-12-2008 Draw No. 477 English Letter:D Draw No. 2088 Bonus No.28 Winning Nos : Bonus No : 35 Winning Nos. Zodiac symbol-Virgo Winning Nos. Winning Nos : Winning Nos: Winning Nos. Winning Nos : Winning Nos:- Y- 05 - 15 - 30- 47 T-16-17-38-54 U-04-27-34-52 02-15-16-37 J-12-32-44-63 F- 6 - 9- 7 - 8 - 0 - 6 Y-13-14-35-55 12 - 20 - 24 - 53 Y-05-07-24-57 Run on Golden Key Credit Card Lalith promises to pay back depositors by Devan Daniel

Lalith Kotelawala yesterday told Golden Key Credit Company deposit holders that their investments would be paid back with interest but asked for time to conduct an audit into the affairs of the credit card company. He had invited deposit hold- ers to the BMICH to explain Ceylinco Consolidated’s stand on the mismanagement and fraud committed by the Chief Executive Director of the credit card company. The Founder Chairman of Ceylinco Consolidated said the accounts of subsidiary Golden Key Credit Company would be finalized by January 31, 2009. Kotelawala met depositors who had gathered in their thou- Lalith Kotelawala, Founder Chairman, Ceylinco Consolidated, addressing The crowd was too large for organizers to handle. Kotelawala promised to issue a statement of his repayment plan sands yesterday at the BMICH the depositors of Golden Key Credit Card Company who had been invited to to the media for the benefit of the deposit holders who could not hear him properly. where he was able to communi- the BMICH to be reassured that their deposits would be paid by next June. cate his assurance to only some - Pics by Kamal Bogoda. of them as controlling the Rs. 3 million would be paid with management was being con- side but the din was too great Credit Card Company had been involved in a credit card scam. crowd became too difficult to interest by the end of February. ducted and that by end January for the majority to figure out removed from all positions he The extent of the fraud will handle. The rest of the depositors would Ceylinco Consolidated would who said what. held within the Ceylinco only be known once the audit is He told them that one be paid by the June. have all the data it needs to Last Monday, Kotelawala in a Consolidate group after it was completed after January 31, a month’s interest would be paid Kotelawala said an audit into begin settling deposit holders. statement said the Chief revealed he had mismanaged senior official of the group told in January while deposits below allegations of fraud and mis- He later met the crowd out- Executive Director Golden Key depositor funds and was The Island Financial Review. Sri Lankan mission in Chennai seeks Consular access to jailed Sinhala couple by S Venkat Narayan newly-married Sinhala couple will be sent to meet the couple, whatever help it needs, the Our Special Correspondent from Colombo, now locked up in Dushra Chandana (30) and his spokesman added. The couple can jail in Madurai for arriving in 17-year-old bride Sharuha be provided with passports and NEW DELHI, December 23: Tamil Nadu without passports. Bilkani, a spokesman of the their repatriation to Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Deputy High As soon as the Tamil Nadu deputy high commission told facilitated, he explained. Commission in Chennai has government grants consular The Island on telephone today. Chandana and Bilkani arrived sought consular access to the access to the mission, an official The couple will be given in Tamil Nadu from Vavuniya in the northern province by boat on Friday night. They were arrested on Sunday under the Indian Fire! No, this was Passport Act for coming to the only a fire drill country without valid documents. demonstration by The police sent Chandana to the Colombo Fire Madurai jail after producing him Brigade at the before Rameswaram Judicial Central Bank Magistrate Vijay Kumar. Since Bilkani is a minor, she has been building. sent to a juvenile court in the - Pics by Nihal same city in Tamil Nadu. Chandrakumara.

GCE O/L Maths paper probe DEATHS DHARMASENA – NOBEL EDNA. report submitted Beloved wife of late Cyril Rowland, lov- by Dasun Edirisinghe ing mother of Anula, Amara, Olive (Australia), late Tissa, Lucky, late The committee which investigated complaints over the mathematics II Ranjith and Kanthi, mother-in-law of paper of the G. C. E. (Ordinary Level) submitted its report late Noel, late Sylvyn, late Malcolm, to Education Minister Susil Premajayantha and the Examinations Lal, Daya and Godwin, expired. Cortege Commissioner General Anura Edirisinghe Monday (22) night. leaves residence 285 B, Stanley Education Secretary Nimal Bandara told The Island that both, negative Tilakaratne Mawatha, Mirihana, and positive comments of students on the controversial paper had been Nugegoda on 24th December at 4.30 included in the report. p.m. for cremation at Nawala Cemetery Some students had said there wasn’t time enough to answer the paper. at 5.00 p.m. The G.C.E. (O/L) examination commenced on December 8 and ended on December 20. The exam was held under two syllabuses, new and old. DE ALWIS – DR. SUSANTHA. Students of both syllabuses sat for the (Former Ambassador for Sri Lanka in Mathematics paper on December 13. the United States of America), expired. Teacher trade unionists claimed that the Beloved husband of Achala, loving mathematics paper II of new syllabus was too father of Chamini, Darshini and difficult and two questions based on the old syl- Ruvan, father-in-law of Kumar de Silva, labus paper had been included in the Maths II for Dr. Harsha Jayawardena and Sophie, the students following the new syllabus. They much loved grandfather of Sachith, said students who answered the question paper Harith, Asitha, Mayanthi Sahen and based on the old syllabus had been given 18 Leonor, loving brother of late Dunstan, minutes to answer two questions, whereas oth- late Sushila, Dr. Stanmore, Dr. Thelma ers were given 12 minutes for that purpose. The and Dr. Daisy, brother-in-law of Leela, first part would carry 14 marks and the second Michael de Silva, late Shanthi, G. J. P. only 10 marks. Gunawardane, Shelton Jayawickreme Thereafter the Education Minister Susil and Drs Daya and Ranjini Panditha Premajayantha appointed a committee to inves- Gunawardane. Cortage leaves resi- tigate the issue. dence. 20, Joseph Lane, Colombo 04 Examination Chief Anura Edirisinghe said a at 4.00 p.m. on 25th December, Thursday committee comprising Secretary of the Education for cremation at General Cemetery Ministry Nimal Bandara, Deputy Examination Kanatte, Borella at 5.00 p.m. No flowers Commissioner, mathematics experts and teach- by request. ers of the National Institute of Education and him- self had conducted investigations. He said now that two reports were with him, he would take an action under the guidance of the Minister Susil Premajayantha, after analyzing them.