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‘s Spence wins prize at World Travel Awards
Oct 02, 2011 (LBO) – Maldives’ Adaaran Prestige Resorts run by Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence group was voted the India Ocean’s best water villa at World Travel Awards 2011, where the top Asian spots were swept by India. India also won Asia’s leading hotel (Trident Gurgaon, India), Asia’s leading luxury hotel (The Oberoi, Gurgaon), Asia’s […]
Sri Lanka business forum to be addressed by Vietnam President
Oct 01, 2011 (LBO) – Visiting Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang will address a business forum in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, where a high level delegation of Vietnamese businessmen will also be taking part, the island’s largest trade chamber said. “They are also interested in tourism projects such as eco-tourism, spiritual tourism, inbound and outbound […]
Sri Lanka frees 1,800 ex-Tamil Tigers
September 30, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka wrapped up its two-year rehabilitation of surrendered Tamil Tiger rebels with the re-uniting Friday of 1,800 men and women with their families. President Mahinda Rajapakse addressed the last of the 12,000 former members of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to pass through the programme at […]
Sri Lanka volunteers combat rabies
Oct 01, 2011 (LBO) – Volunteers in Sri Lanka are teaming up to combat rabies spread with free vaccinations which can save lives and also make a dent in 500 million rupees spent each year to treat dog bite victims. Dozens of volunteers teamed up on a hot Sunday afternoon to offer free rabies vaccination […]
Sri Lanka gets flood rebuilding aid from Japan
Sept 30, 2011 (LBO) – Japan is helping Sri Lanka rebuild flood damaged roads and irrigation networks and strengthen capacity to cope with future disasters through a seven billion yen (9. 0 billion rupee) project the country’s aid agency said. Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) which administers Japanese aid said a concessionary loan was agreement […]
Sri Lanka inflation eases to 6.4-pct in September
Sept 30, 2011 (LBO) – Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo slowed to 6. 4 percent in September from 7.0 percent in August, though the index itself gained 0.3 percent during the month, the state statistics office said. International commodity prices have eased in recent weeks. Food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 0. 1 percent […]
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NEW DELHI, September 30, 2011 (AFP) – India’s workaholic Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not taken a holiday since he took the top job in 2004, according to a new in-depth profile published this week. The 12,000-word study in current affairs journal The Caravan of 79-year-old Singh, under fire for a series of debilitating scandals […]
Zany scientists honored in alternative Nobels
NEW YORK, September 29, 2011 (AFP) – In the ultimate accolade for the world’s mad scientists, spoof Nobel prizes were awarded Thursday for studies into beetle sex, yawning, the desperation of people dying to urinate, and other daffy investigations. The annual Ig Nobel prizes, now in their 21st year, were given out at Harvard University […]
Celluloid Shoot
September 30, 2011 (AFP) – Once a location of choice for directors shooting World War II classics and big 1980s adventure films, Sri Lanka is hoping to make a comeback on the movie trail as it emerges from civil war. Since the island’s bloody conflict ended in May 2009, the government has been trying to […]
Sri Lanka tea estates still making heavy losses
Sept 30, 2011 (LBO) – Tea estates in Sri Lanka’s central hills have had no respite from a market downturn and continue to incur losses of 150 rupees a kilo owing to lower prices and crops, a broker said. However, despite lower crops in recent months, an anticipated recovery in production in the last quarter […]
Sri Lanka launches web portal for tourist travel approvals
Sept 30, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s electronic tourist travel approval system will be effective from January 01, 2012 with a trial run starting from Saturday, October 01, officials said. An online portal – www.eta.gov.lk – from which to apply for entry permits from Sri Lanka’s department of immigration and emigration was officially launched Friday. […]
Bank Changes
Sept 30, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank said deputy managing director M Y A Perera will take-over as managing director from January 01, 2012, as current managing director Harris Premaratne is leaving. Sri Lanka’s Daily FT newspaper said Premaratne will take over as the head of a new bank started by Sri Lanka’s […]