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Driving Class
March 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is trying to refine reckless bus drivers with a series of new classes that will hopefully improve driving skills and curb road rage. A new drivers’ academy that has just been set up in Kottawa, with a curriculum to enhance drivers skills, efficiency and obedience of road rules, […]
Post-strike blues hit Sri Lanka tea production
March 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka, one of the world’s biggest exporters of tea, has reported its lowest monthly output in nine-years this January, as bad weather slowed recovery of strike-hit estates. Crop figures in January fell 14 percent to 21.1 million kilos from 24.6 million kilos a year earlier, the lowest since 1996, […]
Maternal Bond
March 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has decided to ban women with very young children from working abroad, many of whom leave the country to work as housemaids in the Middle East to support families back home. Mothers migrating for employment affect the emotional welfare of children and should be regulated, Anura Yapa, Sri […]
Peninsular Logistics
March, 08 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking for at least two more cargo vessels and was talking to the World Food Program to charter a large cargo aircraft to build a buffer stock of food in the Jaffna peninsular, an official said. “We want to charter two more ships, but foreign shipping companies are […]
Rajiv Gandhi murder accomplice wins Indian citizenship for daughter
CHENNAI, India, March 8, 2007 (AFP) – An Indian woman convicted along with her Sri Lankan husband in the 1991 killing of former premier Rajiv Gandhi has secured Indian citizenship for their daughter. A court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday gave the federal government four weeks to issue an entry permit […]
If you want to see carnivorus cattle, rush to India
KOLKATA, India, March 8, 2007 (AFP) – Hundreds of people have rushed to a village in eastern India to see a male calf defy its herbivore nature by eating live chicks. In majority Hindu India, the cow is revered as a sacred animal. Ghosh said his calf has now been named Lal (‘Red’), after the […]
European stock markets rally after Tokyo bounce
LONDON, March 8, 2007 (AFP) – European stock markets moved higher on Thursday, following bumper gains earlier in Tokyo, as investors regained confidence after a recent slump in global equities, dealers said. However, trading was cautious ahead of crucial interest rate decisions from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE). London’s […]
‘t concern Sri Lanka master-blaster
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 8, 2007 (AFP) – He’s 37-years-old, is the only surviving member of the 1996 World Cup-winning squad, and still opens the batting as well as turning over his slow left-armers. Sanath Jayasauriya has been at the front-line for 17 years amassing 11,538 runs, 23 centuries and picking up 285 wickets in his […]
Choices: Calls or gold?
March 08, 2007 (LBO) – Indonesia, like Sri Lanka, sends its women to foreign lands to work as housemaids.The numbers may be larger, though the proportion is smaller. Telecom networks are expanding fast in both countries, Indonesia faster.The telecom sector is attracting massive investments in both countries as operators scramble to meet the burgeoning demand. Generally, […]
Sri Lanka troops in major attack on Tiger jungle base
March 8, 2007 (AFP) – Thousands of Sri Lankan government troops have begun advancing towards a strategic Tamil Tiger rebel jungle base in the island’s restive east, military sources said Thursday. More than 4,000 people have been killed in escalating fighting since December 2005. Troops backed by artillery and multi-barrel rocket fire were advancing towards […]