Impeachment
Nov 07, 2012 (LBO) - Charges made public against Sri Lanka's chief justice in an impeachment motion signed by more than a 100 ruling coalition parliamentarians …
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Heist Fine
COLOMBO, Nov 5, 2012 (AFP) - A Chinese man who swallowed a fake stone in a daring bluff that allowed an accomplice to get away with a real diamond pleaded …
Sri Lanka’s begging wild elephants: making it safer for man and animal
Nov 06, 2012 (LBO) - Feeding of begging wild elephants in Sri Lanka's Udawalawe National Park, can be made safer for both man and animal if it is formalized as …
Legal Protest
Nov 5, 2012 (AFP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankan lawyers took to the streets of Colombo on Monday protesting against a government move to impeach the country's top …
Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods: Stanford study
Nov 05, 2012 (LBO) - Researchers at America's Stanford University have found little evidence to back a widespread belief that organic foods which are sometimes …
Impeachment View
By J C Weliamuna Nov 04, 2012 (LBO) - The Rajapaksha Regime, through its parliamentarians, handed over an impeachment motion to the Speaker, the elder brother …
Electronic Fraud
Nov 04, 2012 (LBO) - Two Romanian nationals have been arrested over a millions of rupees have been stolen from unsuspecting account holder using forged …
Label Rules
Nov 03, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company, a unit of British American Tobacco has gone to the court of appeal against new labeling rules by the …
Sri Lanka Nestle unit profits up 3.9-pct
Nov 02, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Nestle Lanka Plc, a unit of Switzerland Nestle, said profits in the September quarter rose 3.9 percent from a year earlier to …
Sri Lanka rains seen hurting tea crop
Nov 02, 2012 (LBO) - Heavy rains in Sri Lanka's tea growing areas are not likely to lead to a sharp recovery in crops that have been reduced by drought, a tea …
Impeachment
Nov 01, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has begun a process to impeach chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake with a motion signed by with 117 legislators representing the …
Sri Lanka Bogawantalawa Plantations returns to profit
Oct 30, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Bogawantalawa Plantations, which has interests in tea and timber said it made profits of 88.9 million rupees in the September …
Sri Lanka hosts pepper talks
Oct 30, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will host the annual meeting of an inter-governmental organization of pepper producing countries this week, where production and …
Khurshid named foreign minister in India reshuffle
NEW DELHI, Oct 28, 2012 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed Salman Khurshid as his new foreign minister as he brought seven new faces into …
Sri Lanka moves to overcome cinnamon peeler shortage
Oct 26, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to set up a training centre to train cinnamon peelers with foreign aid and improve production standards that will help boost …
Sri Lanka Watawala Plantation profit from palm oil
Oct 25, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations said it made profits of 186 million rupees in the September 2012 quarter, turning around from a loss of …
The world in a teacup: Paris show digs into brew’s roots
PARIS, Oct 20, 2012 (AFP) - It can be green, black, white or red and, after water, is the most widely consumed drink on the planet. online pharmacy buy …
Sri Lanka’s Asia Siyake Commodities in rubber broking
Oct 19, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Asia Siyake Commodities, a tea broking firm is buying rubber brokerage connected to some of its directors for 7. buy avana …
Sri Lanka ban on Corex cough remedy temporary: health minister
Oct 19, 2012 (LBO) - A sudden ban on the sale of Corex, a cough syrup originally formulated by the US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer which has brought relief to …
Visa Fraud
Oct 17, 2012 (LBO) - The United Kingdom has not endorsed any agent in Sri Lanka to help with visa applications and applicants who submit false documents will …