Sri Lanka film regulations may block positive coverage needed to boost tourism
June 11, 2007 (LBO) – Earlier this year, a foreign television crew working for the Travel Channel in London arrived in the country to do a documentary on …
Go Back
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has deported over 400 foreign nationals so far this year for overstaying their visas and working in the island illegally, the …
Tourists to Nepal up 45 per cent since peace deal
KATHMANDU, June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Tourism arrivals to Nepal have shot up nearly 45 percent since former Maoist rebels ended their bloody "people's war" at the …
Saudi Arabia executions rise to new high this year
RIYADH, June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Not even the king can save a convict on death row for premeditated murder from the executioner's sword in Saudi Arabia. online …
South African Ford named India coach
CHENNAI, India, June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Graham Ford of South Africa has been selected as India's new cricket coach, the Board of Control for Cricket in India …
Fernando fires Asia to series-clinching win in the second ODI
CHENNAI, India, June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Fast bowler Dilhara Fernando grabbed four wickets as Asia clinched the Afro-Asia cricket series with a 31-run win over …
Asia sweep past Africa bagging the Afro-Asia series as Mahela strikes again
CHENNAI, India, June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Mahendra Dhoni and Mahela Jayawardene hammered centuries in a record stand to set up Asia's 13-run win over Africa in the …
Britain asks Sri Lanka to end military campaign
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Britain Monday asked its former colony Sri Lanka to end its military campaign and resume peace talks with separatist Tamil Tiger …
Foreign experts slam Sri Lanka over slow rights probe
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was Monday accused of dragging its feet despite a promise to tackle major human rights violations, as Western diplomats warned …
Deviltry
June 10, 2007 (LBO) - A popular folk story talks of a villager and a chance meeting of a demon in the forest and using his craftiness to get the demon to work …
Sri Lanka’s Tigers have bomb to blow up ‘half of Colombo’: PM
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have rigged up a truck with over a tonne of explosives that could blow up half of Colombo, Sri Lanka's Prime Minister …
Sri Lanka premier apologizes for evicting Tamils
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister on Sunday apologised to ethnic minority Tamils for evicting them from the capital, promising there would be no …
Precipice
June 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is on the brink of the dangerous path of petrol and diesel rationing, which will give set amounts of subsidized fuel to …
Oil Oil everywhere…
TEHRAN, June 6, 2007 (AFP) - Iran hopes to begin a much-delayed plan to ration petrol in the next two weeks amid continued uncertainty over its launch date, …
Putin calls for revolution in world economic relations
SAINT PETERSBURG, June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called for a revolution in world economic relations, saying institutions …
Personal Identity
June 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would soon be sounding out operators on making mobile telephone numbers portable, telecom minister Rauf Hakeem said. "In …
Sri Lanka cricket chief bailed over share scam
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cricket chief Jayantha Dharmadasa was granted 100,000 rupees (910 dollars) bail by the commercial court of Colombo over his …
Sri Lanka Cricket in new attempt to dump chief selector
June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cricket administration Friday made a fresh attempt to dump chief selector Asantha de Mel in a row over the controversial Abu …
Sri Lanka troops kill 30 Tigers in east
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - At least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed when Sri Lankan troops overran four guerrilla jungle bases, the defence …
Japan will not halt aid to Sri Lanka; hoping for peace
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's special envoy to Sri Lanka ended a four-day visit Saturday saying he was still hopeful that the island's tattered peace process …