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Oct 29, 2007 (LBO) – Chevron Lubricants Lanka said net profit for the September quarter shot up 78 percent to 325 million rupees from the same quarter a year ago. The firm, the Sri Lankan unit of the Chevron Texaco oil multinational, said sales were up eight percent to 2.1 billion rupees. “The top line […]
‘s Chaaya village charm visitors in tough times
Oct 28, 2007 (LBO) – Adding an extra touch of nature and concentrating on the local tourist market has helped a hotel controlled by Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings to maintain higher occupancy. This year the Chaaya Village in north-central Habarana says it has recorded higher occupancy rates than other properties in the area, despite […]
‘s Murali
HONG KONG, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) – Test cricket’s top wicket-taker Shane Warne said Sunday he will have no regrets when rival spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan overtakes him at the top of the charts. Murali is currently on Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia and is just nine short of breaking Warne’s record 708 Test wickets. […]
Sri Lanka Tigers had inside information for air base attack: report
Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels had clear “inside information” ahead of a devastating attack that virtually wiped out the Sri Lankan government’s fleet of spy planes, a report said Sunday.In a report in the island’s Sunday Times newspaper, defence analyst Iqbal Athas said up to 27 elite rebel fighters were able to […]
Sri Lanka clashes kill 22
Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) – At least 22 Tamil Tiger rebels and soldiers have been killed in overnight clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Sunday. Security forces claimed killing 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and injuring 11 in fighting across northern areas in the past 24 hours, placing troop losses at two dead. […]
‘s poorest march on capital
PALWAL, India, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) – A serpentine column of India’s poorest of the poor is moving across cities, determined to reclaim their land taken over in the name of the country’s heady economic boom. About 25,000 landless farmers, many of them using plastic bags for shoes, are on the final leg of a […]
Grounded Airbus delights Indian children
NEW DELHI, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) – Teenager Josman T.Jose fastens her seat belt, listens to the pilot’s instructions, is served lunch by an air hostess and two hours later jumps out the emergency door of an Airbus.It is the first time the schoolgirl has seen an aircraft from inside and her excitement is palpable, […]
‘s Jayasuriya smashes 154 in tour opener
ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya opened his final tour of Australia in spectacular fashion when he blasted 154 against a Chairman’s XI here on Saturday.Facing an attack made up of state players not required for domestic matches, the veteran led his team to 335-4 at stumps on the […]
Jayasuriya smashes 154 in tour opener
ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya opened his final tour of Australia in spectacular fashion when he blasted 154 against a Chairman’s XI here on Saturday.Facing an attack made up of state players not required for domestic matches, the veteran led his team to 335-4 at stumps on the […]
‘s rich and poor ministries
Oct 27, 2007 (LBO) – Eighty percent of Sri Lanka’s budget next year would be spent by 20 percent of the ministries with more than half the ministries getting less than one percent of money each, spending plans presented to parliament show. Twenty percent of the ministries or the 11 biggest ones, including ones for […]