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Sri Lanka names pace packed squad for cricket series
Jan 14, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors on Monday named a pace-oriented squad for the upcoming one-day series in Australia also featuring India.Sri Lanka’s one-day squad: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Dilruwan Perera, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera, […]
Sri Lankan jeep team mates in Malaysian rainforest challenge
Jan 14, 2008(LBO) – A Sri Lankan team which participated in the Malaysian Rainforest Challenge and emerged first runner up, relates the story of a challenging 10-day course through the Terengganu tropical rainforest. 2007 Rainforest Challenge news 2007 Rainforest Challenge photos Driver Indika Sanjaya and co-driver Navin Marapana were 21 points behind the winners, a […]
Sri Lanka says no immediate ban on Tamil Tigers
Jan 14, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government Monday told a visiting Japanese peace envoy that there was no immediate need to proscribe the Tamil Tigers. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement the government was going ahead with its plans to present peace proposals despite its withdrawal from a ceasefire with […]
Japan peace envoy in peace amidst intense fighting
COLOMBO, Jan 14, 2008 (AFP) – A Japanese peace envoy began a second day of talks with Sri Lankan leaders Monday as the world community stepped up pressure over Colombo’s decision to abandon a truce with the Tamil Tiger rebels. The talks began as government warplanes bombed suspected rebel intelligence hideouts and fighting raged in […]
Burp
Jan 13, 2008 (LBO) – A second catering firm has set up shop in Sri Lanka’s international airport in Katunayake, breaking a 30 year monopoly held by national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, officials said.The Thai food firm, Siam House, which supplies food to the state owned budget airline Mihin Lanka, opened its restaurant in the […]
Modern Skills
Jan 13, 2008 (LBO) – EDEX 2008, top higher education and career exhibition held this January, will give priority to emerging opportunities in the ICT sector, its organizers said. EDEX officials say country would better improve economic well being by meeting the rising demand for people in the information communication technology (ICT) sector. “In the […]
Zimbabweans off banks after cash crunch
HARARE, Jan 13, 2008 (AFP) – Kennedy Tsambo’s faith in Zimbabwe’s banking system finally hit breaking point over Christmas when he spent an ultimately fruitless three days queuing to withdraw cash in order to buy a bus fare home. “This was not a donation that I was queuing for, it’s my own money which I […]
Troubled Gulf Air places US$4bn Boeing order
MANAMA, Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) – The Bahrain-based airline Gulf Air has ordered 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliners valued at around four billion dollars and taken options for eight more, an airline official told AFP on Saturday.Gulf Air places four billion dollar order with Boeing ATTENTION – ADDS background /// “Gulf Air has signed today (Saturday) […]
Sri Lanka cricket chief urges umpiring revamp
Jan 13, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket chief and World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Sunday called for a revamping of the umpiring system in international matches.“My personal view is that two local umpires must officiate with the ICC (International Cricket Council) panel umpire sitting in the box with the match referee,” Ranatunga told […]
Sri Lanka may lose vital aid because of war
Jan 13, 2008 (AFP) – Japan’s peace envoy opened talks in Sri Lanka on Sunday, hinting international donors may hold back much-needed foreign aid if the island’s decades-long ethnic conflict escalates, officials said. Yasushi Akashi, who arrived in Sri Lanka for three days of crucial talks on Sunday, met the Marxist JVP, the main left […]