Second Round
May 4, 2011 (AFP) - The jury in the Wall Street insider trading trial of hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was ordered Wednesday to restart deliberations from …
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Fourth night of protests in Maldives
May 3, 2011 (AFP) - Anti-government protesters took to the streets of the Maldives for a fourth night on Tuesday, as police baton-charged demonstrators and …
Sri Lanka launches ‘ozone friendly’, GI tea logos
May 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has launched new logos for Ceylon tea to protect the island's best known brand under the Geographical Indicators (GI) …
Climate Finance
May 04, 2011 (LBO) Climate change is a burning issue under discussion today. As a small island nation, Sri Lanka is vulnerable to serious threats of climate …
I control therefore I am: chimps self-aware, says study
PARIS, May 4, 2011 (AFP) - Chimpanzees are self-aware and can anticipate the impact of their actions on the environment around them, an ability once thought to …
India hikes key interest rates by 50 basis points
MUMBAI, May 3, 2011 (AFP) - India's central bank on Tuesday raised lending rates by a bigger-than-expected 50 basis points, its ninth hike in 15 months to curb …
Jury Delay
NEW YORK, May 2, 2011 (AFP) - Jury deliberations in Wall Street's biggest insider trading trial for a generation will be suspended for a day, a judge ordered …
Probe Order
May 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's sports minister on Monday ordered a police inquiry into match-fixing allegations levelled by former international captain …
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne to take fix claims to ICC
May 3, 2011 (AFP) - Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne said on Tuesday he was ready to share information on alleged match-fixing with the …
Maldives police use tear gas as protesters clash
May 3, 2011 (AFP) - Maldives police on Tuesday used tear gas and batons to break up an anti-establishment protest after a third night of clashes between …
Sri Lanka Talawakelle Tea buoyed by rubber, hydro power
May 02, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Talawakelle Tea Estates said March 2011 quarter net profit rose nine percent to 72 million rupees from a year ago with lower …
Sri Lanka’s Sangakkara questions Tillakaratne fix claims
NEW DELHI, May 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's World Cup captain Kumar Sangakkara has challenged former skipper Hashan Tillakaratne to prove his recent allegations …
Bin Laden killing casts doubt on Pakistan loyalties
ABBOTTABAD, May 2, 2011 (AFP) - The killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces at a palatial villa near the capital raised fresh questions Monday over Pakistan's …
India says Pakistan shown as terror ‘sanctuary’
NEW DELHI, May 2, 2011 (AFP) - The killing of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden near Islamabad is further evidence that terrorists find "sanctuary" in …
Sri Lankan tea prices fall
Apr 29, 2011 (LBO) - Larger crops following heavy rain and a drop in quality dragged down Sri Lankan tea prices at this week's Colombo auction although the …
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne alleges rampant match fixing
April 29, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former cricket captain Hashan Tillakaratne has claimed that his country had been fixing games since 1992, once again raising …
Sri Lanka gets Indian aid to revive fish net factory
Apr 28, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to get Indian aid to revive and expand a fish net factory in the northern Jaffna peninsula where fishing is a key economic …
Sri Lanka gets Korean loan for solid waste disposal
Apr 28, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to get a loan equivalent to 33,536 million US dollars (41,886 million rupees) from South Korea to build four facilities for …
Sri Lanka moves to protect Ceylon tea brand
Apr 27, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's commerce and industry ministry has allocated funds to register 'Ceylon tea' under the global geographical indicators (GI) …
Vodafone finds India tough going
NEW DELHI, April 27, 2011 (AFP) - When British mobile phone giant Vodafone paid $11.1 billion to buy an Indian cellular operator four years ago, it had high …