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India posts 6.1 pct quarterly growth
NEW DELHI, August 31, 2009 (AFP) – India’s economy expanded by 6.1 percent in the three months to June, picking up pace from the previous quarter as the country emerged from the global downturn, official data showed Monday. The quarterly growth figure was up from the 5.8 percent growth posted in the March quarter, but […]
Sri Lankans among 470 children under British immigration detention: report
LONDON, August 31, 2009 (AFP) – More than 400 children were being held in British immigration detention centres with their families, a report said Monday, citing official figures. The Home Office said: “The UK Border Agency fully recognises its responsibilities towards children but these responsibilities have to be exercised alongside our duty to enforce the […]
Sri Lanka economists look for recovery at annual parley
Aug 31, 2009 (LBO) – The way forward following the fallout of a global economic slump that triggered a balance of payments crisis and a slowdown in island will be the focus of a conference of Sri Lanka’s economists later this month.Sri Lanka Association of Economists (SLAE) will hold its 2009 annual session on September […]
Sri Lanka August inflation 0.9-pct
Aug 31, 2009 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo moved up 0.9 percent from a year earlier, compared with 1.1 percent in July, the government’s statistics office said. In the month of August, prices fell 0.3 percent. Un-adjusted inflation was 1.1 percent in July. Prices adjusted for seasonal changes, which is a […]
Bangladeshi migrants pay high costs: World Bank
DHAKA, August 30, 2009 (AFP) – Bangladeshi migrant workers spend an average of 2,300 US dollars securing employment abroad — the equivalent of more than 18 months’ work in their new job, the World Bank said in a report. The World Bank survey calculated they send home on average 1,480 dollars a year and that […]
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LUKLA, August 30, 2009 (AFP) – Over two decades, Funuru Sherpa has watched the lake above his native village of Dengboche in Nepal’s Himalayas grow, as the glacier that feeds it melts. The 29-year-old, who runs a busy Internet cafe for tourists visiting the Everest region, remembers his grandfather telling him that 50 years ago […]
Sri Lanka whitewash Kiwis despite Vettori ton
August 30, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka clinched second spot behind South Africa in the official rankings as they swept aside New Zealand by 96 runs in the final Test on Sunday to sweep the series 2-0.Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed five wickets as the Kiwis, set an improbable victory target of 494 runs, were […]
Sri Lanka promotes investment with Thailand after war
Aug 30, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is promoting new joint ventures with Thailand after the end of a 30-year war in the island, organizers of an investment conference in Colombo that is opening Monday said. More than a 100 top Sri Lankan enterprises from private and public sectors will participate in the conference, Wickramanayaka […]
Naval Outlook
Aug 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking to protect its economic interests in the ocean with the navy playing bigger role after the end of the ethnic war to ensure terrorism does not recur, a senior defence official said. “Especially in an island nation like ours, the navy has an important role to […]
No Loans
Aug 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Citibank, which had reported around 22 billion rupees of bad loans following a defaulted derivative sold to a state-run oil distributor, has taken the number off its balance sheet in the June 2009 accounts.In March 2008, the bank reported 22.6 billion rupees classified as ‘other loans’ among non-performing […]