Category:
Imposed Rule
June 28, 2010 (LBO) – In the past four decades, whenever a political party or alliance secured a substantial majority of seats in parliament, that group of politicians has claimed the right to foist a new constitution on the people of this country. Constitution-making is not the prerogative, or indeed a legitimate function, of a […]
Graft fears as massive cash sums fly out of Kabul: WSJ
KABUL, June 28, 2010 (AFP) – More than three billion dollars in cash has been flown out of Kabul in recent years amid fears that ill-gotten gains from corruption and narcotics are being stashed overseas, a report said Monday. The Wall Street Journal said the cash — more than the Afghan government collects in tax […]
Sri Lanka president defiant over war probe
NEW DELHI, June 28, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president vowed to resist international calls to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country’s civil war in an interview published Monday. President Mahinda Rajapakse told the Times of India he did not care about damage to the country’s image as a result of resisting pressure […]
Pakistan and India to fight terrorism together
ISLAMABAD, June 26, 2010 (AFP) – Pakistan and India announced Saturday they would fight terrorism together and cooperate on the 2008 Mumbai attacks as India urged Pakistan to put more suspects on trial for the atrocity. Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram and his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik have concluded two meetings in Islamabad with a […]
Sri Lanka halts foreign league matches for players
June 27, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Cricket on Sunday barred its players from participating in overseas domestic leagues until the World Cup next year. The team is also due to tour Australia for a one-day series before West India travel to Sri Lanka in November in the build-up to the World Cup. Sri Lanka, […]
Vettori, McCullum to miss Sri Lanka, India ODIs
WELLINGTON, June 27, 2010 (AFP) – New Zealand has left its two most senior cricketers, Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum, out of the squad named Sunday for next month’s limited over series against Sri Lanka and India in Sri Lanka. Vettori has been allowed to stay home as the tour coincides with the birth of […]
Sri Lanka rice autarkists urge food controls on the sick: report
June 26, 2010 (LBO) – Interest groups backing ‘domestic production’ have urged the state restrict the types of food available for sick people in state hospitals as well as the military, a media report said. The Sunday Island said a group calling itself the Mawbima Lanka Padanama (motherland Lanka foundation) had also urged the state […]
Sri Lanka to import chicken after slapping twin controls on poultry farmers
June 27, 2010 (LBO) – A state agency will import chicken to Sri Lanka a media report said, after government price controls created ‘shortages’ and production costs were pushed up by a policy to keep maize prices high. The Island newspaper quoted D D Wanasinghe, who heads a poultry farmer association as saying that production […]
Transport Blues
June 26, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s private bus sector can push up revenues by about 20 percent by cutting leakages with an online ticket machine, but the subsidy-happy operators want taxpayer support help them earn bigger profits. “On average about daily ticket collection are lost due to leakages in the system,” Amal S Kumarage, […]
Rare Happening
BEIRUT, June 25, 2010 (AFP) – A Lebanese woman was sentenced to one month in jail for mistreating her Sri Lankan housemaid, court papers showed on Friday, a rare happening in a country where rights groups regularly denounce the ill-treatment of foreign domestic helpers. Rights associations defending immigrant workers decry that these labourers are not […]
SriLankan Airlines losses lower in March quarter
June 26, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has cut losses in the year to March 2010, and was looking to turnaround in the second half of this year, but may need financial re-structuring in the future, an official said. The airline is now saddled with Mihin Lanka, a loss making start-up budget carrier. A report […]
‘s Arugam Bay surfing paradise hosts ASP World Tour
June 25, 2010 Arugam Bay, SRI LANKA (LBO) – Top professional surfers from around the world were at Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay, a small village in the eastern coast of the island which was limited to an adventurous few until now. “But probably not as good as in Indonesia.” He says right breaking waves breaking […]