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’s tax department tries to rope in larger numbers of taxpayers
Jan 30, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tax office is moving towards increasing the number of taxpayers to five percent of the total population, a top official said. At present, only about two percent of the population in Sri Lanka are income tax payers, Commissioner General of Inland Revenue said at a workshop organized by […]
British Tamils pressured into donating money to Tigers: report
LONDON, Feb 4, 2007 (AFP) – Ethnic Tamils living in Britain are being pressured into donating money to support Tiger rebels in their native Sri Lanka, facing harassment if they refuse, The Times reported in an early edition of its Monday newspaper. According to the newspaper, which interviewed a number of Sri Lankan Tamils living […]
Two killed in Vavuniya after peace call in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Feb 5, 2007 (AFP) – Two people were killed and five others injured in ethnic violence in Sri Lanka, a day after the president invited Tiger rebel proxies to join his government, the defence ministry said Monday.Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels hit an army camp in the island’s restive northern town of Vavuniya, killing a […]
” to beat India
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 5, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka will rely on unpredictable fast bowler Lasith Malinga to rattle India in the one-day series starting this week, vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara said on Monday.The 23-year-old Malinga has claimed 71 wickets in 21 Tests and scalped 37 victims in 25 one-dayers with his unusual round-arm slinging […]
‘s new coach
MELBOURNE, Feb 5, 2007 (AFP) – Tim Nielsen will become coach of Australia’s Test and one-day cricket team when John Buchanan retires after next month’s World Cup, Cricket Australia said Monday.Nielsen, 38, is head coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, which includes managing the respected Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) men’s cricket programme. […]
Ex-child soldier cry for freedom at UNICEF conference
PARIS, Feb 5, 2007 (AFP) – A former child soldier from Sierra Leone who started killing at the age of 12 opened an international conference on Monday with an appeal for action to stop the exploitation of children in war.“At that time, taking a gun and shooting somebody had become as easy as drinking a […]
Sri Lanka marks national day amid tight security
Feb 4, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka was set to mark independence day on Sunday amid heightened security and calls from the president for fresh peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels to end more than three decades of bloodshed.As the island prepared to celebrate its national day, police discovered a powerful bomb in the capital […]
Sri Lanka president invites TNA to work with govt; democracy to areas re-taken from Tigers
February 04 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s president invited the largest political party representing north-eastern Tamils to work with the government in his Independance Day speech and promised democratic rule to territory recently wrested back from Tamil Tiger control. . President Mahinda Rajapakse said the Tamil National Alliance, widely considered to be Tiger proxies, had so […]
Yen weakness to top agenda at G7 finance summit
FRANKFURT, Feb 4, 2007 (AFP) – The current weakness of the Japanese yen is likely to top the agenda when finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven (G7) countries gather in the western city of Essen next weekend. But if European governments entertained any hope the club of the world’s seven […]
Sri Lanka police find bomb in Colombo
Feb 3, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan police Saturday found a powerful bomb hidden in a taxi in capital Colombo — a day ahead of independence day celebrations, police said.The bomb, weighing 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds) was found in a three-wheeler taxi parked in a garage near the Khettarama Cricket Stadium, where troops who will […]
Sri Lanka president offers talks from former Tiger town
VAKARAI, Sri Lanka, Feb 3, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapkse offered fresh peace talks on Saturday and asked Tiger rebels to lay down weapons as he visited this former guerrilla-held town.The president said he was ready to offer a political package to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to end the […]
Mass arrests in Sri Lanka after bomb find
Feb 3, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested 266 people on the eve of independence day celebrations in a security roundup after finding a powerful bomb in the capital. Mass arrests in Sri Lanka after Colombo bomb find ATTENTION – UPDATES with arrests /// The 2.5-kilo (5.5-pound) was found in a three-wheeler […]