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Sri Lanka business chamber in anti-pollution campaign
Feb 10, 2009 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan business chamber said it plans to start an awareness programme to minimise pollution from agriculture and industry in the island’s provinces using selected enterprises as models for others.“Industrial pollution is causing lot of damage to the environment in urban and rural areas,” the Federation of Chambers of […]
Sri Lankan Tigers gun down civilians: military
February 10, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Tuesday shot dead 17 civilians and wounded nearly 70 others fleeing territory still under rebel control, military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.Survivors of the attack who arrived at a military post told how Tiger fighters had fired on a group of 1,000 people trying to […]
Sri Lanka civilians flee war zone despite suicide strike: govt
February 10, 2009 (AFP) – Thousands of Tamil civilians streamed out of Sri Lanka’s war zone on Tuesday despite a suicide bombing that killed 30 people at a centre for those escaping the fighting, a military official said.More than 6,500 Tamils crossed the frontlines in the northern Mullaittivu region on Monday, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said, […]
Sri Lanka Union Assurance profits up
Feb 10, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Union Assurance said group net profit for the December quarter shot up 33 percent to 232 million rupees from a year ago with the bottom line buoyed by income from investments. Life insurance profits also increased by 28 percent to 185 million in 2008 from 144 million in […]
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February 9, 2009 (AFP) – The BBC has suspended its FM programming to Sri Lanka’s national broadcaster because of what it claimed was “deliberate interference”, it said Monday. In a statement, the BBC said its programmes and news reports in English, Sinhala and Tamil had been blocked by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), and […]
Sri Lanka ancient economy may have been hit by monetary debasement: economist
Feb 10, 2009 (LBO) – A period of prosperity based on international trade, under an ancient Sri Lankan king may have declined following monetary debasement, as well as a decline in external trade, a top economist in the island said.Central Bank deputy governor W A Wijewardene says, during the reign of king Parakramabahu the Great […]
Sri Lanka suicide attack condemned by US
Feb 09, 2009 (LBO) – The United States has condemned a Tamil Tiger suicide attack in northern Sri Lanka that killed 28 people and urged the rebels to let civilians move out of the war zone. “The United States condemns today’s suicide attack on a government centre that was registering internally displaced persons who had […]
Suicide bomber strikes refugee camp: military
February 9, 2009 (AFP) – A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber attacked a camp for civilians fleeing Sri Lanka’s war zone on Monday, killing 20 soldiers and eight civilians, army spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.He said the female bomber from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targeted a camp near Visuamadu, an area the military […]
World T20 will be tougher this time, says SLanka captain
February 9, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene on Monday predicted a more competitive Twenty20 world championships in England this year, saying teams were getting used to the new format. “We have learnt how to approach this game, so it will be much tougher this time,” said Jayawardene after launching a world-wide tour of […]
Sri Lanka defeat prompts Pakistan to probe cricket crisis
KARACHI, February 8, 2009 (AFP) – A parliamentary committee on sports is to probe Monday the falling standards of Pakistan cricket and the controversy behind the resignation of the director general of the cricket board, a top official said.The committee has summoned team management, former director general Javed Miandad and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials […]