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RIYADH, July 17, 2007 (AFP) – An appeal for a teenage Sri Lankan housemaid sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for murdering a four-month-old baby has been launched, her lawyer said on Tuesday. Rizana Nafeek, 19, was convicted of strangling her employer’s baby in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom in February 2005 in a case that […]
Market Offence
July 16, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan court has convicted four executive directors of a listed company that went bust some years ago for not revealing information that affected the firm’s share price. The present SEC administration has made it clear that it would not allow compounding of offences with the provision that it […]
Bangladesh ex-PMs ordered to explain wealth
DHAKA, July 17, 2007 (AFP) – Bangladesh’s army-backed emergency government on Tuesday ordered two former prime ministers to submit details of their financial affairs as part of its corruption crackdown, an official said.Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who was arrested and detained over extortion allegations Monday, have each been asked to provide the information […]
Indian launches betel condoms
NEW DELHI, July 17, 2007 (AFP) – A condom flavoured with the popular mixture of betel nut and tobacco known as paan is to go on sale in India, newspapers said Tuesday.State-owned company Hindustan Latex has already tested the pungent and bitter mixture on their main market, sex workers, who preferred it to other flavours […]
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2007 (AFP) – Google announced Monday that it is shortening the lives of software “cookies” used to track users’ online preferences. In coming months Google will begin issuing cookies that automatically expire two years after a person visits the website provided they don’t return, according to the US firm’s global privacy […]
‘ bail may be appealed by Australia
MELBOURNE, July 17, 2007 (AFP) – Australia indicated on Tuesday that it may appeal a court ruling which granted bail to two men charged with supplying funds to Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels. It follows the government’s decision on Monday to revoke the visa of an Indian doctor charged in connection with the British car […]
Top civil servant shot dead in Sri Lanka
July 17, 2007 (AFP) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a top civil servant in north-eastern Sri Lanka Monday as the government moved to celebrate the dismantling of a key Tamil rebel base in the region, officials said. Gunmen killed Harry Abeyweera, the top civil administrator in the district of Trincomalee, as he worked at his […]
Sri Lanka money rates up, equities quiet Monday
July 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka interbank call rates spiked to 20 percent Monday and the rupee was steady with state names offering spot dollars at 111.75 rupees, dealers said. On Friday the rupee closed at 111.75/80 to the dollar. The proposals to choose lead managers for a 400 million dollar government bond offering […]
Better Care
July 16, 2007 (LBO) –Asiri Hospitals group posted a 312.7 million rupee after tax profit for the year ending in March 31, 2007, up almost by half, despite the depreciation of the Sri Lanka rupee that increased the price of imported medical supplies and material. Another 17 percent is held by Softlogic Holdings, an electronics […]
Human Attempt
July 16, 2007 (LBO) – Lawyers hired to file an appeal for the condemned Sri Lankan teenager Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia have met the girl and started proceedings, the rights body that raised funds to fight her case said Monday. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) said representatives of the legal firm Kateb Fahad […]