Sri Lanka’s war-torn east beckons business
May 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's eastern province is recovering rapidly from the effects of war and provides opportunities for business, especially in …
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Customs Info
May 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has signed a deal with the country's customs office to share information to help counter …
Sri Lanka promotes specialty teas in Japan
May 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is promoting the manufacture of specialty teas by its industry, with a competition in Japan giving recognition to producers and …
India struggles to count its millions
NEW DELHI, May 18, 2010 (AFP) - In a labyrinthine district of New Delhi, Kalpana Singh is busy knocking on doors, straining to make out house numbers scratched …
Sri Lanka monsoon rains displace 75,000
May 17, 2010 (AFP) - At least three people were killed and about 75,000 people were driven out of their homes as monsoon rains lashed Sri Lanka on Monday, the …
Sri Lanka’s Agalawatte Plantations buoyed by high rubber, palm oil prices
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - High rubber and palm oil prices helped Sri Lanka's Agalawatte Plantations make a net profit of 36 million rupees in the March 2010 quarter …
Maldives offers to take two Guantanamo Bay prisoners
May 16, 2010 (AFP) - The Maldives has offered to take two detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, in what it described …
Sri Lanka seeks harmony between elephants and humans
LUNUGAMWEHERA, May 17, 2010 (AFP) - In the early hours of a hot dry day, four orphaned elephants begin a bumpy truck ride back to the jungles of southern Sri …
India slowly gets to grips with ecommerce
MUMBAI, May 16, 2010 (AFP) - Vipul Modi is a busy high court lawyer in India's financial capital Mumbai. Like many people, he uses the Internet to buy rail and …
Sub-standard lights force change in first US event
FORT LAUDERDALE, May 15, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka and New Zealand will play only two Twenty20 matches next week in the first full internationals to take place in …
Jail Term
VANCOUVER, May 14, 2010 (AFP) - A judge sentenced a Tamil Tiger fundraiser to six months in jail here Friday after the man pleaded guilty to raising money in …
Phone media brings news to India’s Maoist heartland
RAIPUR, May 14, 2010 (AFP) - When Samir Xalxo has a story to tell he makes a phone call and within hours people across one of India's least developed and most …
Sri Lanka tea prices fall as crops increase
May 14, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's Colombo auctions owing to bigger quantities and lower quality and are likely to fall further in …
India plans 11 billion dollar infrastructure fund: report
NEW DELHI, May 14, 2010 (AFP) - India aims to create an 11-billion-dollar fund to overhaul its creaking infrastructure, with 40 percent of the money sourced …
Sri Lanka’s Sangakkara keeps England guessing over mystery spinner
GROS ISLET, May 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was giving little away when asked if he would unleash mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis …
Legal Action
VANCOUVER, May 11, 2010 (AFP) - A fundraiser for the outlaw Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers pleaded guilty here Tuesday in the first case to be prosecuted under …
Sri Lanka qualifies by knocking out India
GROS ISLET, May 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka qualified for the World Twenty20 semi-finals after their five-wicket last ball win over India and Australia's …
Radiation death exposes India’s waste disposal failures
NEW DELHI, May 11, 2010 (AFP) - The death from radiation poisoning of a scrapyard worker in New Delhi has highlighted the lax enforcement of waste disposal …
White the hero as Australia crush Sri Lanka
BRIDGETOWN, May 9, 2010 (AFP) - Australia followed up a rescue act from Cameron White with a polished performance in the field during a thumping 81-run victory …
Sri Lanka Muralitharan out of World Twenty20
BRIDGETOWN, May 8, 2010 (AFP) - Muttiah Muralitharan's participation at the World Twenty20 finally came to an end on Saturday when it was announced Sri Lanka …