India’s Modi eyes top team as BJP sweeps to victory
NEW DELHI, May 16, 2014 (AFP) - The Bharatiya Janata Party's landslide election victory will usher in a new government expected to steer India sharply to the …
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Cricket: Pakistan appoint Grant Flower batting coach
LAHORE, May 15, 2014 (AFP) - Pakistan appointed former Zimbabwe opener Grant Flower as their batting coach Thursday in a comprehensive overhaul of the national …
Modi pledges to ‘fulfil dreams of 1.2 billion’ Indians
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Cricket: Cook sets up Essex win over Sri Lanka
LONDON, May 13, 2014 (AFP) - Alastair Cook's quickfire knock helped ensure Sri Lanka's first match in England this season ended in defeat.online pharmacy …
Graphic Warning
May 12, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal has approved graphic pictorial warnings on tobacco packs after Ceylon Tobacco Company challenged new health …
Modi seeks crowning victory in India election climax
VARANASI, May 12, 2014 (AFP) - Voters headed to the polls Monday in the climax of India's marathon election, with frontrunner Narendra Modi seeking a crowning …
Jail Term
May 09, 2014 (LBO) - A revenue official was jailed for 102 years on 34 counts related to a value added tax refund fraud and fined 12 billion rupees (91 million …
Talawakelle Plantations, Sri Lanka March net down 60-pct
May 08, 2014 (LBO) - Profits at Sri Lanka's Talawakelle Plantations Plc, fell 60 percent to 34 million rupees in the March 2014 quarter from a year earlier as …
Mendis shines as Sri Lanka prove too strong for Ireland
DUBLIN, May 6, 2014 (AFP) - Ajantha Mendis starred with both bat and ball as Sri Lanka enjoyed a comfortable start to their tour of the British Isles with a …
Sri Lanka poultry feed mill group in the red
May 07, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Ceylon Grain Elevators group, which has interests in feed milling and poultry said it lost 7.8 million rupees in the …
Court Case
COLOMBO, May 5, 2014 (AFP) - Four of Sri Lanka's most senior hardline Buddhist monks appeared in court Monday accused of insulting the Koran, in the first such …
Sri Lanka to get New Zealand support for dairy sector
May 5, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is looking at ways to improve its dairy sector with New Zealand following a visit by a delegation which met industry officials in …
France’s Carrefour to quit India: reports
NEW DELHI, May 3, 2014 (AFP) - Carrefour, the world's second largest retailer, is working on a plan to exit India, media reports said Saturday, amid political …
Agalawatte Plantations to boost oil palm in Sri Lanka
May 04, 2014 (LBO) - Agalawatte Plantations, a unit of Sri Lanka's Mackwoods group said it will expand its oil palm cultivation which had become a key …
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COLOMBO, May 2, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy Friday arrested 54 would-be illegal immigrants in the first major detection of boat people heading to Australia …
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May 01, 2014 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan national has been arrested in India over alleged links to Pakistani intelligence, the Times of India newspaper said.buy …
One dead in bomb blasts at Indian train station: official
CHENNAI, May 1, 2014 (AFP) - Twin bombs planted on a train killed at least one person and wounded nine others in the main southern Indian city of Chennai on …
Sangakkara backs Farbrace to shine on England return
DURHAM, May 1, 2014 (AFP) - Kumar Sangakkara insists Sri Lanka's loss will be England's gain after the controversial defection by Paul Farbrace. online …
Sri Lanka’s Sangakkara signs for Durham
LONDON, April 28, 2014 (AFP) - Kumar Sangakkara will warm-up for Sri Lanka's forthcoming tour of England by appearing in the next two rounds of County …
Religious Police
COLOMBO, April 28, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka police Monday announced a new unit to investigate religious hate crimes after attacks by Buddhist monks on churches …