Refugee Disaster
CIDAUN, July 24, 2013 (AFP) - More than 100 asylum seekers who were feared dead have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Java …
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Grim Tale
NAIROBI, July 22, 2013 (AFP) - On Somalia's pirate coast, more than 50 sailors are being held for ransom in grim conditions, many abandoned by their ship's …
Port Road
July 18, 2013 (LBO) - A 260 million dollar circular highway around Sri Lanka's Northeastern port city of Trincomalee will be built by a Chinese contractor with …
Fleet Expansion
July 17, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Tokyo Cement group said it planned to buy two more vessels in the next three years, as the firm expanded. online pharmacy buy …
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July 16, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's re-conditioned or imported used automobile registrations hit a 19 month high in June 2012 with Japanese made Toyota and Honda …
Piracy
MOGADISHU, July 13, 2013 (AFP) - At least three, and perhaps all, of the 15-man crew of a merchant vessel that sank last week while being held by Somali …
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July 03, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run ports agency said it had begun testing a bunkering tank farm in at its newly built Hambantota port with a cargo of …
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July 01, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas group, which has interests in consumer goods, leisure power and logistics said it has started building a container yard …
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June 12, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's vehicle importers have been badly hit by a sharp increase in theft of parts in vehicles imported via Hambantota port and …
Moving Foreward
June 08, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Kia automobile distributor which launched the 2013 Sorento sport utility model in Colombo is banking on tax slashed permits …
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May 06, 2013 (LBO) - State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority has contracted Hyundai Engineering to build a 36 billion rupee berth in an expansion project of the …
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June 6, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Ports Authority inked a deal for a 44 million US dollar yatch and shipbuilding facility, Thursday with Saudi Arabia based …
Port Call
June 04, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port has drawn about a billion US dollars in investments in a second call for investors, the state port agency …
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June 3, 2013 (LBO) - A fire at a general cargo warehouse at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port which resulted in about 600 million rupees of damage appeared to have been …
Road Finance
May 29, 2013 (LBO) - China Development Bank will help finance an expressway to Sri Lanka's North, the government said, after visiting President Mahinda …
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May 24, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Ports Authority said a fire that broke out in a container freight station at Colombo Port has been brought under control and …
Auto Woes
May 23, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Diesel and Motor Engineering Company Plc, has reported losses of 36 million rupees in the March 2013 quarter down from profits …
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May 20, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's motor vehicle registrations have picked up slightly in April 2013 though still remaining far below levels seen after taxes …