Sri Lanka battles coconut price spike
December 17, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's authorities have imposed price control coconuts -- a dietary staple -- by setting a ceiling price and arranging imports …
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Sri Lanka tea exporter goes carbon neutral
Dec 16, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea firm Eswaran Brothers Exports has got 'Carbon Neutral' certification by reducing emissions and buying carbon offsets from a …
Sri Lanka Bairaha to expand broiler production with new farm
Dec 16, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan poultry firm Bairaha Farms aims to increase production by more than half in three years with a total estimated investment of …
Animal Rights
Dec 14, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan animal lovers and welfare organizations have raised concern over the rounding up of dogs near a popular promenade in Colombo, …
Indian microlenders face crisis, warns industry group
NEW DELHI, December 12, 2010 (AFP) - India's seven-billion-dollar microfinance industry could be thrown into crisis by a bill that seeks to regulate lending to …
Baby Saga
December 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's child protection authorities have traced the biological mother of a six-year-old girl who was suspected to have been sold …
Nations set up global climate fund
CANCUN, December 11, 2010 (AFP) - Global talks on climate change on Saturday set up a new fund to manage billions of dollars in aid to poor nations in a …
Court orders Air India to rehire overweight air hostess
NEW DELHI, December 10, 2010 (AFP) - An Indian court ordered state-run Air India on Friday to rehire an airline hostess that the carrier had sacked nearly a …
Bangladesh announces power sector deregulation
DHAKA, December 9, 2010 (AFP) - Bangladesh has announced a sweeping deregulation scheme for its power sector in a bid to ease the country's crippling …
SpiceJet orders 15 Bombardier jetliners
MONTREAL, December 9, 2010 (AFP) - India's SpiceJet has ordered 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen regional aircraft valued at 446 million US dollars, the Canadian …
Sri Lanka tea exporters to pack in Iran
Dec 10, 2010 (LBO) - Iran, which restricts import of value-added teas, has offered to let Sri Lankan exporters pack and sell tea in the country under a …
Sri Lanka tea prices, output at new highs
Dec 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea production is expected to hit a new high this year, exceeding 320 million kilos despite recent shortfalls owing to bad …
High hopes and hard realities for India’s 35-dollar computer
NEW DELHI, December 9, 2010 (AFP) - The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a prototype 35-dollar tablet computer in July, but …
Riot police in streets after Bangladesh stocks dive
DHAKA, December 8, 2010 (AFP) - Riot police took to the streets of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday to control thousands of angry investors protesting over …
Sri Lanka runs out of chicken as tourists flock to island
December 8, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is set to import chicken for the first time in over two decades as consumption zooms due to a tourist bonanza and rising …
India to attend Nobel ceremony: report
NEW DELHI, December 7, 2010 (AFP) - India will attend Friday's Nobel peace prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the country's …
Thai Crackdown
BANGKOK, December 8, 2010 (AFP) - Thai authorities said Wednesday they had arrested 45 migrants from Sri Lanka in the latest of a series of crackdowns in …
Chase for India’s rural rupee inspires tech innovations
NEW DELHI, December 7, 2010 (AFP) - India's hunger for new technology is as sharp in its countless small villages as in its shiny office towers or shopping …
Sammy hails Bravo as Sri Lanka series drawn
PALLEKELE, December 5, 2010 (AFP) - West Indies captain Darren Sammy said Darren Bravo's highly impressive performances were chief among a number of plus …
Bangladesh says pirates steering ship towards Somalia
DHAKA, December 6, 2010 (AFP) - A Bangladeshi-flagged vessel hijacked by pirates in the Arabian Sea off the coast of India was heading towards the Somali coast …