India’s Bharti reports dive in profit, hit by Africa costs
NEW DELHI, February 2, 2011 (AFP) - India's top mobile phone firm Bharti said on Wednesday quarterly net profit slid 41 percent, hit by costs from its new …
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South Asian scheme launched to fight poaching
NEW DELHI, January 31, 2011 (AFP) - Eight South Asian countries have launched a regional scheme to share information on poaching and wildlife trafficking in a …
Sri Lanka Watawala December quarter profit up marginally
Jan 31, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Watawala Plantations December 2010 quarter profit rose three percent to 189 million rupees from a year ago with group sales …
ICC rejects Eden Gardens World Cup plea
NEW DELHI, January 29, 2011 (AFP) - The International Cricket Council on Saturday rejected a request to keep Eden Gardens in Kolkata as the venue for next …
Bangladesh beggars to be ‘paid’ during World Cup
DHAKA, January 30, 2011 (AFP) - The mayor of Chittagong city in southern Bangladesh said Sunday that he would pay hundreds of beggars a daily wage to keep them …
Sri Lanka lose $125,000 on Windies series
January 29, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Cricket on Saturday said it had lost $125,000 after bad weather forced a one-day series against the visiting West Indies to …
Court Action
WASHINGTON, January 29, 2011 (AFP) - Members of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority on Friday filed a lawsuit in the United States against the island's president, …
Truck People
Jan 28, 2011 (LBO) - Four Sri Lankans are among 219 migrants discovered by authorities squeezed into a truck in northern Mexico who were hoping to enter the …
Sri Lanka poultry firm net up five fold in Dec
Jan 27, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Bairaha Farms, a poultry breeder and processor said net profits for the December 2010 quarter rose 546 percent to 163 million …
Sri Lanka shifts venues for Windies ODIs
January 26, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has switched venues for next week's one-day series against the West Indies to Colombo, an official said Wednesday, as both …
Age Limit
Jan 26, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has raised the minimum age of those going abroad as domestic workers to 21 years from 18 to mainly to protect young female …
Sri Lanka Horana Plantation profits up 80-pct in Dec
Jan 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Horana Plantations, which grows tea and rubber said profits in the December 2010 quarter grew 80 percent to 135 million …
Prison Riot
January 24, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lankan prison guards opened fire Monday to halt a riot by prisoners protesting against poor conditions, killing at least one …
Bangladesh orders probe into market slump
DHAKA, January 24, 2011 (AFP) - Bangladesh has ordered a probe into the slump on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and unveiled a series of reforms to restore …
Sri Lanka tea output hits record high in 2010
January 22, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka, one of the world's biggest producers of black tea, reported Saturday that output hit a record high in 2010, helped by good …
Sri Lanka ‘impatient’ to test Cup venues
January 21, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka are eager to test the island's new cricket venues ahead of next month's World Cup, skipper Kumar Sangakkara said Friday. buy …
Sri Lanka’s Murali to quit after World Cup
January 21, 2011 (AFP) - Record-breaking Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan said Friday he would retire from international cricket after the 2011 World …
India’s IndiGo to start overseas flights
NEW DELHI, January 20, 2011 (AFP) - India's ambitious budget airline IndiGo will start international operations in August, the company said in a statement, a …
Anti Smuggling
OTTAWA, January 19, 2011 (AFP) - Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews renewed calls Wednesday for tougher measures to curb human smuggling, amid reports …
Sri Lanka to open rice flour factory with state backing
Jan 20, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is opening a rice flour factory with a loan from a state bank re-financed by the central bank, the monetary authority said. buy …