Ignorance Bliss
SINGAPORE, Apr. 25 (AFP) - The Philippines, Singapore and Japan escaped the 2004 tsunamis which devastated much of Asia but some potential travelers believe …
Scout Partner
DHAKA, Apr. 25 (AFP) - Cash-strapped national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is looking for a strategic partner to revive its financial fortunes, a minister …
Thailand seeks bigger share of booming business tourism market
SINGAPORE, Apr.25 (AFP) - Thai tourism officials on Tuesday launched a regional campaign to promote the kingdom as Southeast Asia's premier convention and …
Copper forges record 7,000 dollars per tonne
LONDON, Apr.25 (AFP) - The price of copper leapt to the highest-ever level here on Tuesday, spurred by massive investment and speculative demand. online …
Kenyan tea sector recovering from searing drought
NAIROBI, Apr.25 (AFP) - Kenya's tea sector is rebounding from a searing drought, with production of the country's largest export shooting up 72 percent between …
Old Ghost
GENEVA, Apr. 25 (AFP) - The spectre of failure has returned to haunt the World Trade Organisation, as negotiators prove unable to maintain momentum in the Doha …
Eagle Eyes
Apr.04 (AFP) - Counter terrorism and anti-money laundering experts from South Asian nations began training with US experts in Colombo on Tuesday, the US …
Wide Berth
Apr.25 (LBO) – Virtusa Corp., the U.S. based software development company, Tuesday announced plans to invest 15 million dollars to expand operations in …
Washington condemns attack on army headquarters in Sri Lanka
WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday condemned the attack against an army headquarters in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and called the …
Blasts heard in Sri Lanka rebel territory after suicide attack
Apr. 25 (AFP) - Loud explosions were heard in rebel-held parts of Sri Lanka Tuesday after the government accused Tamil Tiger guerrillas of a suicide bombing …
Suicide bombing blow to peace bid: monitors
Apr. 25 (AFP) - A suicide bombing aimed at Sri Lanka's army chief was "another serious blow" for a fragile ceasefire and attempts to broker peace between the …
Woman suicide bomber kills 10, wounds Sri Lanka army chief
Apr. 25 (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber pretending to be pregnant blew herself up Tuesday seriously wounding Sri Lanka's army chief and killing 10 others, …
More killings send tension soaring in Sri Lanka
Apr. 25 (AFP) - Tension gripped Sri Lanka's north-eastern Trincomalee district Tuesday after an overnight killing of a hotel owner police say was designed to …
Rights group slams Sri Lanka for not saving Tamil civilians
Apr. 25 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces stood by as Sinhalese mobs murdered Tamils after a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb attack earlier this month at a busy …
Tigers provoking backlash with killings: Sri Lanka
Apr. 24 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels hacked to death a mother feeding her baby after gunning down six farmers in a killing spree designed to provoke a …
Loosing Grip
PARIS, Apr.24 (AFP) - From cars to planes, chemical plants to retail, every sector in the world economy is having to adapt to the prospect that high oil prices …
Surging rubber prices raising ‘alarm bells’: experts
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 24 (AFP) - Rising demand that has pushed prices for natural rubber to record highs is raising fears world supplies will run short, experts …
Chess Game
Apr.24 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to ask for more shipments of clothes, edible oils and fewer limits on country of rules origins on exports of key items to …
Guilty
NEW YORK, Apr.24 (AFP) - The former top executive of Computer Associates, Sanjay Kumar, pleaded guilty Monday to participating in a 2. buy rotacaps online …
Red Light
Apr.24 (LBO) - The District Court Monday turned down a request by Malaysian based investor A P Jagaiah to postpone the NDB Bank's annual general meeting. …