Author: Jayantha Kovilagodage
Sri Lanka voter turnout may top 70-pct: monitors
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) – More than 70 percent of Sri Lanka’s registered electors are estimated to have turned out to vote in Tuesday’s presidential polls, though voting at former war-torn areas in the north and the east was much lower, monitors said. Rohana Hettiarachchi Executive director of PAFREL, an election monitoring body said turnout […]
Sri Lanka to conduct first nation-wide census after 30-years
August 4, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is getting ready to conduct its first nation-wide census, covering all 25 administrative districts for the first time in 30-years following the end of a decades long war, an official said.“The next census will be held in 2011, and we are now preparing for it, and we will […]
Sri Lanka activist targets 40 privatizations
June 9, 2009 (LBO) – A left-oriented politician who has successfully returned a large insurer back into state hands through court action says there about 40 other privatizations that need to be re-examined. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, in reversing the deal said it was illegal as proper procedure had not been followed and the transaction […]
Sri Lanka roadside blasts sugar firm tractor, one killed
May 05, 2009 (LBO) – One person was killed Tuesday morning when a tractor belonging to a private sugar plantation was caught in a roadside bomb in southern Sri Lanka, the military said. Pelwatte Sugar is a listed company. Pelwatte Sugar was trading at 16.50 rupees, up 50 cents. The tractor was being used to […]
Sri Lanka ex-Tiger gets top ruling party post
April 24, 2008 (LBO) – A former Tamil Tiger who ran the group’s arm in Eastern Sri Lanka has been appointed to a deputy chairman post in the ruling Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan, alias Karuna, is already a government minister. SLFP general secretary Maithripla Sirisena said Muralitharan was given the […]
Sri Lanka airport firm gets new boss
Mar 30, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government has appointed Prasanna Wickramasuriya as the new chairman of Airport and Aviation Services Ltd., which runs the island’s airports, from Tuesday, an official said.Airport and Aviation Services also provides air traffic control services and manages the Sri Lanka airspace as well as the Colombo flight information […]
Sri Lanka Overseas Realty apartment sales slow
March 05, 2009 (LBO) – Overseas Realty (Ceylon) Ltd. (ORCL) said it is finding it difficult to sell apartments in a new high-rise condominium complex being built in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo due to the economic crisis. But ORCL chairman S P Tao, head of Singapore’s Shing Kwan group, said he is confident of […]
Sri Lanka GSP+ extended till probe over
Dec 02, 2008 (LBO) – Trade concessions from the European Union have been extended till about the middle of next year until a probe on Sri Lanka’s eligibility is completed, an official said. International Trade Ministry Secretary S. Ranugge said the EU had informed the government of the decision. The probe which began in October […]
Sri Lanka government to buy tea to support prices
Oct 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run tea promotion and regulatory body will buy large stocks of tea at auctions in Colombo this week, in a bid to support prices, government officials and brokers said.
Sri Lanka asks EU to extend GSP Plus trade deal
Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government has formally applied to the European Union to extend the GSP Plus trade scheme under which the island’s exports gain duty free access, an official said.S Ranugge, secretary to the external trade ministry, said the government expects to know by December 15 whether or not the GSP […]
Sri Lankan businesses told new carbon rules mean new markets
Oct 09, 2008 (LBO) – New rules in Western markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions offer business opportunities for Sri Lankan companies in products and carbon trading, an expert in financing environmentally-friendly projects said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Suranjan Cooray, chief executive of […]
Sri Lanka minister says charity staff left-behind in Tiger held areas not recognized
Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) – Staff members left behind in Tiger-controlled areas by charities after a deadline expires today will not be recognized as workers from the respective non-governmental organizations, a Sri Lankan minister said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The government has ordered […]