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Lube Fortunes
July 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Chevron unit said net profit for the June 2009 quarter shot up 45 percent to 400 million rupees from a year ago mainly because of higher margins. Chevron Lubricants Lanka said in a stock exchange filing that sales for the three months rose two percent to 2.1 billion […]
ICRC cuts back Sri Lanka operations after government order
July 20, 2009 (AFP) – The Red Cross on Monday announced the closure of four offices in Sri Lanka following a government order to foreign aid agencies to scale down operations.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its four offices in the embattled eastern province were closed at the weekend. “The ICRC reaffirms […]
Pakistan rebuild after early shocks in final Test
July 20, 2009 (AFP) – Khurram Manzoor and Mohammad Yousuf lifted Pakistan with an unbeaten 67-run stand after Sri Lanka’s Thilan Thushara struck quick blows at the start of the third Test here on Monday. Pakistan, sent in to bat in overcast conditions by Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, recovered from a shaky 34-2 to […]
Manzoor, Yousuf rescue Pakistan in final Test
July 20, 2009 (AFP) – Khurram Manzoor and Mohammad Yousuf narrowly missed scoring centuries as they led Pakistan’s recovery on the opening day of the final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Monday.Pakistan, sent in to bat in overcast conditions by Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, collapsed to 34-2 within the first hour as […]
” solar eclipse takes on Asian giants
NEW DELHI, July 20, 2009 (AFP) – The world’s most populous nations will gaze skywards Wednesday as the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century lays a carpet of darkness across India and China, from Mumbai to Shanghai.In ancient China, eclipses were often associated with natural disasters or the death of an emperor, and […]
Clinton seeks key defence accord in India talks
NEW DELHI, July 20, 2009 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped to seal a defence pact boosting US arms sales to India in talks here Monday that should also see agreement on the siting of two US nuclear reactors. On the business end of her five-day visit to India, Clinton met Prime […]
High Velocity
July 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Millennium Information Technologies (MillenniumIT) said it has launched a super-fast trading platform based on Intel processors to help securities exchanges cope with increasing trading volumes.The statement by MillenniumIT, which provides software to the global capital markets industry, claimed the new product is the world’s fastest trading platform. “Today, […]
Missed Connections
July 20, 2009 (LBO) – Better transport infrastructure and services linking northern Sri Lanka with the south would help to bridge the ethnic divide after the end of the war, transport experts said.Had such links existed before the conflict began 30 years ago, they might have helped prevent the war by Tamil Tigers for a […]
Box Trades
July 20, 2009 (LBO) – A Colombo port container terminal in which Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings has a big stake said its volumes hit a record monthly high in June 2009, although it was mostly low-margin transhipment traffic. “JKH management stated that it did not expect the loss of business from APL to significantly […]
Sri Lankan stocks up 1.16-pct
July 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares rose Monday, as investors chased high value counters, while there was some speculative interest on Lanka Cement and Hotel Developers, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed up 1.16 percent (27.90 points) to end at 2,422.92 Monday, while the Milanka index of liquid […]
Sri Lanka troops find Tiger submarine: military
July 19, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops have recovered a submarine-type craft built by Tamil Tiger guerrillas in an area where they fought their final battle two months ago, the military said Sunday.The craft was found on Saturday submerged about 500 metres (yards) off the coast of Vellamullivaikal in the district of Mullaittivu, the […]
Sri Lanka Commercial Bank promotes dollar bonds
July 19, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankans living overseas and foreigners can earn a higher interest by investing in US dollar denominated Sri Lanka Development Bonds (SLDBs) through the Commercial Bank of Ceylon, a statement by the bank said. Commercial Bank’s Head of Global Treasury Dula Weeratunga said that under the scheme, the Income Tax […]