Sri Lanka coconut farmers to get subsidies amid high prices
Dec 28, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's coconut farmers, who are now perhaps getting the highest prices in the world due to agriculture protection, are to get tax …
Dec 28, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's coconut farmers, who are now perhaps getting the highest prices in the world due to agriculture protection, are to get tax …
Dec 27, 2010 (LBO) - Fish prices in Sri Lanka should come down when the weather improves and Catholic fishermen put out to sea with the end of Christmas …
MUMBAI, December 27, 2010 (AFP) - India's Bombay Stock Exchange launched a share index of sharia-compliant companies on Monday in an attempt to open …
NEW DELHI, December 26, 2010 (AFP) - The theme of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India was "friends not rivals," but a border dispute remains a source …
NEW DELHI, December 26, 2010 (AFP) - India's launch of the world's cheapest car, the Nano, was expected to create a vast new market segment in the nation of …
MUMBAI, December 26, 2010 (AFP) - With its religious retreats for meditation and yoga, India has long been sought out by Western visitors eager to escape the …
GENEVA, December 23, 2010 (AFP) - An international accord aimed at preventing abductions -- a fate affecting tens of thousands of people throughout the world …
NEW DELHI, December 24, 2010 (AFP) - Food and politics have always been closely intertwined in the developing countries of South Asia, but when national taste …
Dec 24, 2010 (LBO) - The Federation International de Automobile (FIA), the governing body of world motor sport, is considering setting up two international …
Dec 23, 2010 (LBO) - Prices of Sri Lanka's low grown teas, which make up 60 percent of production, rose at the last auction for the year this week with average …
NEW DELHI, December 22, 2010 (AFP) - The Indian government, facing mounting public anger over soaring onion costs, on Wednesday scrapped tax on imports of the …
MORABANDAR, December 22, 2010 (AFP) - The Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site off the coast of India's financial capital Mumbai, draw hundreds of …
Dec 22, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has registered a claim locally for intellectual property protection for Ceylon tea under global 'Geographical Indicators' rules …
Dec 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea production fell in November 2010 from a year ago but crossed 300 million kilos for the year as it appeared headed for a …
NEW DELHI, December 20, 2010 (AFP) - India suspended exports of onions, a key food staple, on Monday after prices of the vegetable soared, adding to the …
December 20, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government on Monday banned the felling of coconut trees as the island battled a severe shortage of nuts -- a dietary …
HATIBANDHA, December 19, 2010 (AFP) - Every year, Bangladesh's garment sector produces billions of dollars worth of high-street clothes for major western …
ISLAMABAD, December 18, 2010 (AFP) - China and Pakistan are set to conclude another 10 billion dollars' worth of deals on Saturday, the latest signings on a …
December 18, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has softened its stance and agreed to welcome a panel of experts appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to probe …
Dec 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea could see strong demand in the first quarter of 2011 as it is a low cropping period and supply and demand are finely …