Indian car sales jump 31 percent
NEW DELHI, August 10, 2009 (AFP) - Indian car sales jumped for a sixth straight month in July, climbing an annual 31 percent, as new launches and cheaper …
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‘Dubious’ Australian colleges ‘destroying’ futures: Indian FM
MELBOURNE, August 10, 2009 (AFP) - "Dubious" Australian colleges are ruining the future prospects of young Indian students and trashing the country's …
Sri Lanka crushed by Pakistan in final one-dayer
August 9, 2009 (AFP) - Skipper Younus Khan led the way as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 132 runs in the fifth and final one-day international here on Sunday. …
Indians to refine business skills at ‘finishing schools’
MUMBAI, August 9, 2009 (AFP) - The traditional image of finishing schools is of the Swiss Alps, where elegant young ladies from well-to-do families learn to …
Global downturn hits Asia’s foreign workers
KATHMANDU, August 9, 2009 (AFP) - When Anita Gimmi was unable to find work in her native Nepal last year, she borrowed 1,300 dollars and travelled to Qatar to …
Sri Lanka Bogawantalawa in US tea deal with multinational
Aug 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea growing and marketing company Bogawantalawa Tea Estates said in a statement it was in talks with a multinational to sell …
Australia to probe international education after India attacks
SYDNEY, August 8, 2009 (AFP) - Australia announced a sweeping review of its international education sector Saturday, as India's foreign minister prepared to …
Thailand says Tamil Tiger leader arrested in Malaysia
BANGKOK, August 7, 2009 (AFP) - Thailand's government on Friday rejected Sri Lankan state media claims that the new leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka says new Tiger leader arrested
August 6, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's state television on Thursday announced that the new head of the remnants of the Tamil Tiger rebels had been arrested in …
India’s flagship outsourcing sector hits tough times
NEW DELHI, August 6, 2009 (AFP) - These are tough times for India's flagship outsourcing industry whose skilled, low-cost workforce helped plant the country on …
Sri Lanka Bogawantalawa Tea starts distribution network
Aug 06, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea growing and marketing company Bogawantalawa Tea Estates said it has launched its own distribution channel in the local …
Sri Lanka seasonal teas fetch high prices
Aug 06, 2009 (LBO) - Prices of Sri Lankan teas grown in the central highlands that showed the 'Uva' seasonal flavour shot up sharply at this week's Colombo …
Sri Lanka tea processor June profits up marginally
Aug 05, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Tea Smallholder Factories, which processes tea grown mainly by small farmers, said net profit for the June 2009 quarter rose …
Pakistan bosses under fire after SLanka defeat
KARACHI, August 4, 2009 (AFP) - Former players Tuesday called for a major shake-up in Pakistani cricket after the national side lost the five-match one-day …
Sugar price hits record high
LONDON, August 3, 2009 (AFP) - The price of sugar reached a record high here on Monday, aided by a weaker dollar amid more positive signs of economic recovery …
Chicken tikka masala claims its origins in Scotland
GLASGOW, August 3, 2009 (AFP) - Scotland is known around the world for bagpipes, Scotch whisky, haggis and tartan kilts. But now it is trying to protect a less …
Sri Lanka Kelani Valley almost out of the red
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Kelani Valley Plantations (KVPL) said it made a net profit of 41 million rupees in the June 2009 quarter, down 37 percent from …
Treasury Case
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's former Treasury chief P B Jayasundera is to file a confidential affidavit in an application to release him from an undertaking …
Sri Lanka Tata tea unit June net falls 37-pct
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations said net profit in the June 2009 quarter fell 37 percent to 37 million rupees from a year ago with …
No Variation
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) - Several applications asking to vary orders made following a landmark judgment which reversed a transfer of state land to build a golf …