Bangladesh signs power plant deal with India
DHAKA, February 20, 2010 (AFP) - Energy-hungry Bangladesh has signed a 1. online pharmacy stromectol no prescription 7-billion-dollar deal with India to build …
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France’s Carrefour says plans 2010 entry into India
NEW DELHI, February 19, 2010 (AFP) - France's Carrefour, the world's second largest retailer, said Friday it plans to enter India's vast retail market in 2010 …
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February 19, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday it plans to release all detained Tamil Tiger child soldiers by the end of May and re-unite them with their …
Sri Lankan tea prices stay high
Feb 19, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices eased at the Colombo auctions this week but are still at record highs being much higher than last year both in …
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February 18, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police on Thursday seized 28 kilos (62 pounds) of heroin worth 780,000 dollars in a major blow to smugglers who are …
Sri Lanka coconut exporter mulls acquisitions
Feb 18, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan coconut products exporter Coco Lanka has said it plans to expand and is holding talks with companies it had identified …
Bharti founder hopes to be third time lucky with Africa bid
NEW DELHI, February 17, 2010 (AFP) - Indian telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal is hoping to make it third time lucky as he seeks to gain a presence in Africa, …
New Zealand push to play Sri Lanka in USA
WELLINGTON, February 13, 2010 (AFP) - New Zealand is poised to lead the way into the potentially lucrative United States cricket market with confirmation …
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February 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a challenge to the arrest of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, as …
Sri Lanka seeks lower Russian import duty on tea
Feb 12, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has asked Russia, the biggest importer of Ceylon tea, to reduce import duty on value-added tea exports, a senior minister …
Sri Lanka Kelani Valley reduces loss with Dec quarter gains
Feb 11, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Kelani Valley Plantations said higher tea and rubber crops and prices in the December quarter had helped reduce losses …
Cheap loans boost India car sales in January
NEW DELHI, February 9, 2010 (AFP) - India's car sales rose more than 32 percent year on year in January as demand was boosted by cheap loans and an economic …
Sri Lanka in new tea marketing drive
Feb 06, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Tea Board has chosen MTI Consulting, a management consultancy, to develop a strategy to promote Ceylon tea, the …
Sri Lanka negotiates OPEC funds for irrigation project
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has wrapped up a deal to get a 16 million dollar loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development for an irrigation project …
Sri Lanka rains delay tea quality season
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) – Heavy rains in some of Sri Lanka™s tea growing regions have delayed the onset of the quality season when plantations companies get …
Sri Lanka state says ready to buy paddy output
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lanka state agency is to be given money to buy 140,000 metric tonnes of paddy produced in the upcoming main cultivation season to …
Pakistan MPs query delay in report on Sri Lanka team attack
ISLAMABAD, February 3, 2010 (AFP) - A parliamentary sports committee Wednesday summoned Pakistani security officials to explain a delay in the release of a …
Sparks fly as Bollywood, cricket and politics collide
MUMBAI, February 4, 2010 (AFP) - India's twin obsessions of cricket and Bollywood are at the heart of a bitter row that has broken out between the country's …
Sri Lanka Hayleys to increase exports to food chains
Feb 03, 2010 (LBO) –Sri Lanka™s Hayleys conglomerate is building a factory in the former war zone in the east to increase exports of pickled gherkins …
Sri Lanka re-opens two wildlife parks
Feb 03, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has re-opened two wildlife parks in the country's south and east which are famed for migratory birds and elephants, after an …