Farmers’ futures evaporate in China drought
QIXINGCUN, March 29, 2010 (AFP) - Peasant farmer Dong Guicheng wakes up every morning hoping for rain, but each day a crippling drought instead brings more …
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Sri Lanka president offers spiritual healer help to Beckham
March 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has offered the services of his spiritual healer and personal physician to help injured footballer David Beckham …
Sri Lanka Watawala Plantations creates new consumer products unit
Mar 26, 2010 9LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations, which manufactures and sells branded teas, has decided to set up a fully owned subsidiary to sell its …
Sri Lanka launches new tea certification scheme
Mar 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has introduced a quality certification programme for tea exports to ensure cleaner teas are sent to overseas markets, devoid of …
Disappearing island solves India-Bangladesh dispute
KOLKATA, March 25, 2010 (AFP) - A tiny island at the centre of a territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh has disappeared beneath the waves due to …
Sri Lanka tea output back to normal levels in February
Mar 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea production in February was back to the usual levels having recovered from the effects of drought and a market crash last …
India launches ultra-luxury Maharaja train service
KOLKATA, March 23, 2010 (AFP) - India has launched its most luxurious and expensive train service yet, seeking to attract well-heeled foreign rail enthusiasts …
Sri Lanka Finlays unit reveals gains from commodities crash
Mar 22, 2010 (LBO) - Buying tea for stock during the commodities crash in the last quarter of 2008 helped boost profits at Finlays Colombo group last year, the …
India faces more rate hikes to tame inflation: analysts
MUMBAI, March 21, 2010 (AFP) - India's central bank looks set to tighten monetary policy further after raising interest rates for the first time in nearly two …
Sri Lanka poultry industry squeezed by state controls
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's poultry industry has been squeezed by taxes on imported maize which pushed feed costs up and price controls on processed …
Sri Lanka tea trade says expects short quality season
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea industry expects a short 'Western quality season' this year with teas that had the desired quality picking up in price at …
Arbitrary Rule
SEOUL, March 18, 2010 (AFP) - North Korea has executed a top financial official blamed for a bungled currency revaluation that triggered chaos in the communist …
Scientists reveal how snakes ‘see’ at night
PARIS, March 14, 2010 (AFP) - Scientists revealed Sunday for the first time how some snakes can detect the faint body heat exuded by a mouse a metre (three …
Banking Challenges
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Sri Lanka tea prices rise, crops fall
Mar 12, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices rose at this week's auction as quality improved and crops coming down owing to drought, brokers said. Prices of some …
Sri Lanka’s Dilshan signs for Sussex
HOVE, March 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan Twenty20 specialist Tillakaratne Dilshan will play for Sussex this season, the English county announced on Wednesday. …
Sri Lanka tea industry starved of export refunds
Mar 09, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea industry, a top foreign exchange earner, is still starved of refunds from a government tax on exports, despite rival …
Farmers in the dock in water-deficient India
NEW DELHI, March 8, 2010 (AFP) - India faces a water crisis with availability in decline and demand rocketing, and the profligate agricultural sector is in the …
Sri Lanka Talawakelle Tea makes loss in 2009
Mar 08, 2010 (LBO) - Drought and higher wages pushed Sri Lanka's Talawakelle Tea Estates into the red last year, its first loss, although a recovery in crop …
Arrests
BERLIN, March 5, 2010 (AFP) - German authorities said Friday that police have arrested six people suspected of raising funds for the Sri Lankan separatist …