Sri Lanka to encourage rubber production for tires
June 28, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to encourage small farmers to produce more of a rubber grade suitable for tire manufacture which is in demand, …
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Graft fears as massive cash sums fly out of Kabul: WSJ
KABUL, June 28, 2010 (AFP) - More than three billion dollars in cash has been flown out of Kabul in recent years amid fears that ill-gotten gains from …
Imposed Rule
June 28, 2010 (LBO) - In the past four decades, whenever a political party or alliance secured a substantial majority of seats in parliament, that group of …
Vettori, McCullum to miss Sri Lanka, India ODIs
WELLINGTON, June 27, 2010 (AFP) - New Zealand has left its two most senior cricketers, Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum, out of the squad named Sunday for …
Sri Lanka halts foreign league matches for players
June 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Cricket on Sunday barred its players from participating in overseas domestic leagues until the World Cup next year. The team is …
Pakistan and India to fight terrorism together
ISLAMABAD, June 26, 2010 (AFP) - Pakistan and India announced Saturday they would fight terrorism together and cooperate on the 2008 Mumbai attacks as India …
Nehra inspires India to Asia Cup title
DAMBULLA, June 24, 2010 (AFP) - India's pace battery led by Ashish Nehra demolished Sri Lanka to help their team win the Asia Cup with a comfortable 81-run win …
Bharti to invest 150 million dollars in Zain Zambia
LUSAKA, June 24, 2010 (AFP) - India's mobile phone company Bharti Airtel plans to invest 150 million dollars in Zain Zambia, chief executive officer Manoj …
India deregulates petrol prices
NEW DELHI, June 25, 2010 (AFP) - India's government decided to deregulate petrol prices Friday in a bold economic reform that risks a popular backlash as the …
Sri Lanka eye Asia Cup success against India
DAMBULLA, June 23, 2010 (AFP) - Kumar Sangakkara's Sri Lanka go into Thursday's Asia Cup one-day final against India confident of securing a hat-trick of …
Sri Lanka tea output up in May
June 23, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s tea production in May 2010 rose 12.9 percent to almost 30.3 million kilos as production continued to recover from a …
Sri Lanka beat India with Maharoof hat-trick
DAMBULLA, June 22, 2010 (AFP) - Seamer Farveez Maharoof grabbed a hat-trick on his way to 5-42 as Sri Lanka beat India by seven wickets in the last league …
India eyes double-digit economic growth by 2013
MADRID, June 21, 2010 (AFP) - The Indian economy, Asia's largest after Japan and China, is accelerating and could reach double-digit growth by 2013, Indian …
India’s Reliance Broadcast signs TV deal with CBS for South Asia
NEW DELHI, June 20, 2010 (AFP) - India's Reliance Broadcast Network, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, has signed a deal with the US-based CBS network …
Sri Lanka trade talks mull market access for migrant labour
June 21, 2010 (LBO) – Opening up labour markets in developed countries for migrant workers from South Asian countries like Sri Lanka is of critical …
Sri Lanka tea trade calls for limit on new factories
June 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea trade has called for a stop to the setting up of new factories unless they are supported by cultivated tea lands to …
India oust Pakistan in Asia Cup thriller
DAMBULLA, June 19, 2010 (AFP) - Harbhajan Singh smashed the penultimate ball from Mohammad Aamer for a six as India knocked Pakistan out of the Asia Cup with a …
Cricket-mad Indian touted as next Deutsche Bank CEO
BERLIN, June 20, 2010 (AFP) - Anshu Jain already captains Deutsche Bank's cricket team, and a boardroom reshuffle last week means that the Indian big-hitter is …
Arsenic in water poisoned 77 million Bangladeshis: report
DHAKA, June 20, 2010 (AFP) - Up to 77 million Bangladeshis have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from contaminated drinking water, and even low-level …
Future of whaling in the balance at global meet
PARIS, June 19, 2010 (AFP) - Pro- and anti-whaling nations face off next week in a battle over the 24-year-old ban on the commercial killing of whales. buy …