Blasts at one of Buddhism’s holiest sites: India police
PATNA, July 7, 2013 (AFP) - Indian police reported multiple low-intensity blasts at the Bodh Gaya Buddhist temple complex on Sunday, saying two people had been …
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Cricket: West Indies without Bravo for Sri Lanka match
PORT OF SPAIN, July 6, 2013 (AFP) - West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has been suspended from his team's encounter with Sri Lanka in the fifth match of the …
Police Probe
July 5, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's police arrested 12 commandos in connection with the execution-style killing of five students during the island's Tamil …
Gulls feasting on whales? In Argentina, yes
ALDES PENINSULA, July 6, 2013 (AFP) - It's a weird, lopsided fight if ever there was one: seagulls divebombing to attack and feed on the fat of 50-ton whales …
Sri Lanka state dairy firm financed by HSBC
July 04, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Milco (Pvt) Ltd, a dairy products firm, is modernizing it factories with a 5. online pharmacy buy spiriva inhaler …
Indian state banks ‘to open 10,000 branches this year’
NEW DELHI, 2013 (AFP) - India's state-run banks will open 10,000 branches this year as part of a drive to extend formal financial services to the estimated 40 …
Cricket: Tharanga on Caribbean ODI high for Sri Lanka
KINGSTON, July 2, 2013 (AFP) - Upul Tharanga plundered the highest individual score in a One-Day International in the Caribbean as Sri Lanka amassed 348 for …
India, Sri Lanka enter tri-nations fray
KINGSTON, July 1, 2013 (AFP) - India and Sri Lanka go in search of their first points of the Tri-Nation Series when they meet on Tuesday at Sabina Park as the …
Magazine Block
July 2, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has banned the July 1 issue of Time magazine because its cover story on Myanmar's Buddhist-Muslim clashes could hurt religious …
Sri Lanka to count sloth bears
July 01, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's wild life conservation authorities and a biodiversity organization, with funding from private business will count and …
Sri Lanka to farm Asian sea bass
July 01, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has approved a 2.5 million US dollar project to farm Barramundi or Asian Sea Bass off the coast of Trincomalee in North Eastern …
Cricket: Gayle steers West Indies to victory over Sri Lanka
KINGSTON, June 28, 2013 (AFP) - Chris Gayle notched his first one-day hundred against Sri Lanka as he led West Indies to a crushing six-wicket victory with …
British PM backs Taliban peace talks on Afghan visit
KABUL, June 29, 2013 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, backing talks with the Taliban after …
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June 28, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military has released a woman leader of the Tamil Tiger militant group from four years of detention after she completed …
New flame-headed bird species found in Cambodia capital
PHNOM PENH, June 26, 2013 (AFP) - A new species of bird with a distinctive orange-red coloured tuft of feathers on its head has been found in Cambodia's …
Sri Lankan teens at Allianz football camps in Germany, Thailand
June 26, 2013 (LBO) - Allianz Insurance Lanka said two Sri Lankan teenagers had been selected to take part in an international football camp in Germany …
Media Policy
June 23, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has scrapped a contentious code of conduct for journalists after editors and rights groups condemned it as a …
Bond Deterrent
June 24, 2013 (LBO) - A pilot scheme to charge a 3,000 sterling immigration bond from visitors in five countries including Sri Lanka will only apply to the …
Cricket: India deny England in Champions Trophy thriller
BIRMINGHAM, June 23, 2013 (AFP) - India added the Champions Trophy title to the World Cup they won two years ago after seeing off England by five runs in a …
Japan’s Mt Fuji, Niger’s Agadez among new UNESCO sites
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Japan's Mount Fuji, a series of ancient terraced rice paddies China, and the desert city of Agardaz in Niger were among the cultural jewels …