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Sri Lankan agri-business offers support for farmers
July 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Agribusiness Council (NAC) has started a scheme to help farmers get better access to markets and other skills and resources. Representatives of farmer councils set up under the NAC’s aegis signed an agreement to form a federation at the Ag-Biz trade fair over the weekend. The aim […]
Flying Elephant
July 25, 2007 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has started to serve a popular ice cream brand of the island on its flights to India as part of a strategy to boost the variety foods on its flights, the national carrier said. The short-haul flights to India are a key spoke in the carrier’s international network […]
Sri Lanka seeks to attract Chinese investments
July 24, 2007 (LBO) – A Chinese trade and investment delegation is visiting Sri Lanka and is especially keen on doing business in the construction sector, Board of Investment officials said Tuesday. The team, from the China Council for the Promotion of Investment (CCPIT) in Shanghai, held talks with Investment Promotion Minister Sarath Amunugama and […]
Renaissance
MCCLEAN LAKE, Canada, July 24, 2007 (AFP) – Twenty years after the Chernobyl disaster poisoned the world’s taste for reactors, a French firm is sniffing out fresh uranium supplies in Canada.And the race for nuclear power is back on.After the deadly Chernobyl reactor explosion in Ukraine in 1986 and a lesser scare at the Three […]
Sri Lanka military convoy hit by land mine, 14 dead
July 24, 2007 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, targeting a military convoy and killing at least 14 people, police said.The latest attack came as security was stepped up in the capital Colombo amid fears of bomb attacks by the separatist rebels. The […]
At least 10 Sri Lankan soldiers killed in blast
July 24, 2007 (AFP) – At least 10 Sri Lankan government soldiers were killed and eight others wounded Tuesday when their military convoy was hit by a huge roadside bomb laid by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.The victims, almost all off-duty soldiers, were travelling through the northern district of Vavuniya, close to the frontline […]
Sri Lanka violence kills 14 amid red alert
July 24, 2007 (AFP) – At least 14 Sri Lankan government troops were killed in Tamil Tiger attacks in the north of the island Tuesday as the capital was put on red alert over fears of more rebel bombings, officials said.At least 10 soldiers were killed when their military convoy was hit by a huge […]
‘s easy win
July 23, 2007 (AFP) – Sanath Jayasuriya became the first player to achieve the one-day double of 10,000 runs and 300 wickets as Sri Lanka thrashed Bangladesh by five wickets here on Monday. The 38-year-old veteran gave an impressive all-round performance, taking 4-31 before making 24 to help the home side take an unbeatable 2-0 […]
Japan to design stealth jet: report
TOKYO, July 24, 2007 (AFP) – Japan’s defence ministry hopes to make a prototype of a next-generation stealth plane, the first new fighter jet designed by the officially pacifist country in 30 years, a report said Tuesday.The design would not include installing weapons and it is unclear if Japan would actually produce the prototype due […]
Chinese style capitalism rattle Indian socialist democracy
MUNDHA KHERA, India, July 24, 2007 (AFP) – It’s a hot, humid Sunday morning in northern India, but the oppressive heat does not deter a group of about 15 farmers from trudging door-to-door, offering advice and sometimes warnings. “Do not sell your precious land. Even if you are offered millions of dollars, do not sell. […]
Bittersweet Battle
July 24, 2007 (LBO) – A former minister who oversaw Sri Lanka’s privatization commission has gone to court seeking to block the sell down of a defunct sugar firm to a private firm. Sooriyaarachchi also alleged that the liabilities of Hingurana Sugar were not transferred to the new company. Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi, a rebel parliamentarian of […]
Sea Guard
July 24, 2007 (LBO) – Tough security measures at Colombo harbour are causing delays both on the sea side as well as the land side, prompting port customers to take up the matter with the authorities. Shipping line executives and shippers say they do not mind the tough security measures put in place to thwart […]