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Sri Lanka cricket beefs up coaching staff
Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka will have a new coaching staff in place from next week to prepare the team for the inaugural Twenty20 world championships in September, an official said on Tuesday. Australian Trevor Bayliss, who was appointed coach after Tom Moody resigned in May, trainer Jade Roberts and assistant coach Paul […]
Sri Lanka Cricket cuts Atapattu loose
Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body Monday released former captain Marvan Atapattu from his contract, effectively ending his career with the national team. “We decided at this evening’s committee meeting to release Marvan Atapattu from his contract from October 1,” Kangadaran Mathivanan, secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) told AFP. Atapattu […]
Six killed as UN envoy visits Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops killed six suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in overnight clashes in the north of the country ahead of a visit by a top UN rights envoy to the embattled region on Tuesday, officials said. Sri Lankan troops on foot patrol opened fire at the suspected rebels, killing six […]
Once Bitten¦
August 07, 2007 (LBO) – Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) may put off overseas expansion following its experience in Sri Lanka where it lost money after being forced to under-price fuel and government subsidies got delayed, Indian media reported. State-owned IOC is delaying an entry to Malaysia and Indonesia where oil subsidies are also in place, […]
Sri Lanka promotes community involvement in war-battered tourist industry
Aug 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s leisure sector should focus more on promoting people development and community involvement to make the tourism industry sustainable, officials say. India, Macau and Thailand’s Six Senses Spa won awards in other categories of marketing, heritage and environment. Top coastal resorts, mostly empty because of the ethnic war, have […]
Call Forward
August 06, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan mobile phone operator has called for the introduction of ‘number portability’, saying that consumers would benefit from being able to switch networks while using the same number. Suren Amarasekera, chief executive of Mobitel Private Ltd., the cellular subsidiary of the dominant fixed phone operator Sri Lanka Telecom, […]
Mugabe at anti-poverty summit in Malaysia
LANGKAWI, Malaysia, Aug 6, 2007 (AFP) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, internationally condemned for his nation’s economic meltdown and human rights abuses, was given a warm welcome Monday at an anti-poverty summit in Malaysia, delegates said.While he has proved elusive to the packs of journalists and photographers staking out the venue, he was said to […]
Atapattu asks for release from Sri Lanka contract
Aug 5, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s former captain Marvan Atapattu has asked to be released from his contract with the national team, cricket officials said Sunday.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) chief executive officer Duleep Mendis said that Atapattu had sent a letter requesting to be discharged from the team. Mendis said the SLC, the governing […]
Sri Lanka entry to ASEAN was opposed by Singapore: report
August 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s entry to the ASEAN at the formation of the regional grouping was opposed in 1967 by Singapore, a retired Thai diplomat has revealed in an interview. Sompong Sucharitkul was an aide to Thai foreign minister Thanat Khoman, who was a founder signatory of the Bangkok declaration that formed […]
Sri Lanka says no credible evidence for abuse charges
Aug 6, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka said Monday there was no credible evidence for a rights group’s claim that government forces were responsible for intensifying abuses on the island, such as unlawful killings and abductions.“These allegations are not based on credible evidence,” Sri Lanka’s defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said after the New York-based body […]