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CBD Business Centre, the landmark corporate edifice in Colombo Fort is set to welcome new tenants at the start of the new year following an extensive Rs 609 million renovation by its owner Cargo Boat Development Company PLC (CBD), a company news release said.
“The iconic 38-year-old building, is now ready for occupancy by companies looking for contemporary office spaces centrally located in Colombo’s business district at an affordable rent,” it said.
Long-standing director of the CBD Company Merrill J. Fernando, Founder of Dilmah Tea, declared the building recently. Those present included CDB Chairman Ravi Thambiayah, Deputy Chairman Nirmalie Thambiayah, Managing Director Niruja Thambiayah, Managing Director of International Distillers Lanka Mohan Tissanayagam, Joint Managing Directors of Renuka Hotel and Renuka City Hotel Arnila Thambiayah and Shibani Thambiayah, Maya Jayawardena and Thiyagarajah Dharmarajah.
By Norman Palihawadana
The Mulleriyawa Police had seized 17 cars and a van worth over Rs. 100 million and arrested three persons involved in a large scale racket of obtaining vehicles on rent and selling them, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said yesterday.
The racketeers had rented the vehicles by furnishing forged identity cards, driving licenses and passports containing false addresses and changed the registration numbers and chassis numbers of those vehicles. They forged documents for those vehicles and sold them in a car sale centre in Mtulleriyawa.
The suspects taken into custody were from Yakkala, Meerigama and Magalegoda, DIG Rohana said.