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” threat to Beijing Olympics: IAEA
VIENNA, May 23, 2008 (AFP) – The UN atomic watchdog said Friday that it had seen no concrete intelligence regarding a possible dirty bomb threat to this summer’s Olympic games in Beijing.Talking to journalists, Anita Nilsson, head of nuclear security at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was asked is she could confirm that the […]
Sri Lanka mediamen protest abduction of colleague
May 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s media rights groups protested the abduction and assault of senior journalist of a national weekly Friday calling on authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. “Until such time culprits are brought to book, the FMM holds the Government responsible for abduction and assault of journalist Keith Noyahr, noting […]
Sri Lankan rights group condemns assault on journalist
May 23, 2008 (AFP) – A Sri Lanka media rights group Friday condemned the abduction and assault of a senior journalist, saying it was motivated by his criticism of the government’s war against Tamil Tiger rebels. Most of the victims are Tamil journalists working in the island’s embattled north and east.Sinhalese journalists working in the […]
Sri Lanka senior journalist found assaulted
May 23, 2008 (LBO) – A senior Sri Lankan journalist was found severely assaulted in the early hours of Friday after being abducted from his home the previous night, colleagues at his newspaper said. Keith Noyahr, deputy editor of the Nation newspaper, was abducted from near his home in a suburb of Sri Lanka’s capital […]
Sri Lanka to import copra for oil mills
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to import copra, or dried coconut kernel, to feed the country’s oil mills which are facing high prices and raw material shortfalls, a senior minister said. The cabinet of ministers had approved the import of 45,000 tonnes of metric tonnes of copra to the country, information minister […]
Sri Lanka banks on quality to hold tea prices up
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Tea exporting countries last week agreed to stick to a minimum quality level to prevent oversupply from depressing prices, strengthening Sri Lankan efforts to prevent shipments of so-called ‘refuse tea’, a top official said. Tea Board chairman Lalith Hettiarachchi said producing countries adopted the measures owing to growing concern the […]
Knowledge Essay
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – The deadline for an essay on the knowledge economy targeting Sri Lankan students in higher education has been extended till June 05, the World Bank said. The competition was launched in partnership with LIRNEasia, and the Point Pedro Institute of Development in March 2008. It coincided with the a recent […]
Freed
May 22, 2008 (AFP) – An appeal court on Thursday overturned a two-year prison term for breaking immigration law and dropped all charges against former cricket chief Thilanga Sumathipala. Sumathipala, 43, was found guilty in April 2007 of forging travel documents to take alleged underworld leader Dhammika Amarasinghe to England to watch the 1999 cricket […]
Soft Challenge
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Search engine giant Google has accepted 24 student projects from Sri Lanka’s University of Moratuwa, for an open-source software development competition, the highest from any university in the world, officials said. The universities 24 acceptances for the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) programme, beat 10 projects from Wroclaw University of […]
Sri Lanka Brandix to put creations on catwalk
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s apparel giant Brandix says its creations with an emphasis on eco-friendliness will be on display on the second day of a three day exposition in Colombo starting on May 30. On June 01, 60 items of lingerie, loungewear and casual wear designed by Brandix’ creative team will be […]
Sri Lanka power demand hits new record
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national grid operated by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) hit a new night peak demand of 1922MegaWatts on May 21, an official of the island’s state run power utility said. The night peak was reached on the first working day after Vesak, a Buddhist religious holiday which is […]
Sri Lanka trade deficit doubles in March
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s trade deficit doubled in March 2008 to 448 million dollars as imports ratcheted up 32 percent while exports grew only 7.8 percent, government data showed. Exports grew 7.8 percent in March with apparel growing 8.2 percent to 293 million dollars. Agricultural exports grew 29 percent with tea growing […]