Category: Industry
‘s chosen coach turns the offer down stays at home
LONDON, June 11, 2007 (AFP) – Graham Ford has snubbed an offer to become India’s new coach in favour of staying on in his current role as director of cricket at English county Kent. The South African’s decision, announced on Monday, will come as a major blow to Indian cricket chiefs who believed they had […]
Woolmer died of natural causes: Jamaican police
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, June 12, 2007 (AFP) – Former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered but died of natural causes, Jamaican police said in a bombshell announcement Tuesday nearly three months after his death during the World Cup tournament.After first treating Woolmer’s death by asphyxiation as homicide, sparking feverish speculation about the malign […]
” after Ford disappointment
NEW DELHI, June 12, 2007 (AFP) – India’s cricket chiefs on Tuesday appointed former player Chandu Borde the manager-cum coach of the national team for the upcoming tours of Ireland, Scotland and England. The veteran, who turns 73 next month, was given charge of Rahul Dravid’s side a day after South African Graham Ford turned […]
Medical Thrust
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – The Hemas group is pushing into the hospital sector with a 2.5 billion rupee investment though bottom line growth this year has been hit by a higher taxs, officials said. The group’s 100 bed hospital in Wattala, off Colombo, is expected to be operational by August 2008, while a newly […]
Singled Out
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should widen its tax base and practice fiscal discipline instead of heavily taxing a few sectors like the financial sector, and have a formal taxation commission to devise a medium-term tax policy, a top bank has said. While Sri Lanka’s tax collections as a percentage of gross domestic […]
Capital Change
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – A controlling stake in the listed financial firm, Asia Capital was bought by a consortium led by Asia Fort Asset Managment, with two foreign funds selling out Tuesday, an official said. Two foreign funds, Rockport and Sezeka sold out with a consortium led by Asia Fort Asset Management buying the […]
Metro Dreams
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should switch to mass urban transport to combat traffic congestion, and start a powerful umbrella organization to implement projects, a Sri Lankan-born professional heading a big US transport utility has advocated.The island should also build concrete roads, said Walter Wickramasinghe, Vice President and Director of Management of Metropolitan […]
Sri Lanka film regulations may block positive coverage needed to boost tourism
June 11, 2007 (LBO) – Earlier this year, a foreign television crew working for the Travel Channel in London arrived in the country to do a documentary on the tourism hotspots. Travel Channel’s first priority was to visit and film the Dutch Galle fort in the southern coastal region of Sri Lanka. Then their troubles […]
Asia sweep past Africa bagging the Afro-Asia series as Mahela strikes again
CHENNAI, India, June 10, 2007 (AFP) – Mahendra Dhoni and Mahela Jayawardene hammered centuries in a record stand to set up Asia’s 13-run win over Africa in the third and final match of the Afro-Asia one-day series here on Sunday.Dhoni (139 not out) and Jayawardene (107) put on 218 for the sixth wicket, as Asia […]
Fernando fires Asia to series-clinching win in the second ODI
CHENNAI, India, June 9, 2007 (AFP) – Fast bowler Dilhara Fernando grabbed four wickets as Asia clinched the Afro-Asia cricket series with a 31-run win over Africa in the second one-day international here on Saturday.Asia restricted their rivals to 306 under lights after posting a challenging 337-7 to gain an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the […]
South African Ford named India coach
CHENNAI, India, June 9, 2007 (AFP) – Graham Ford of South Africa has been selected as India’s new cricket coach, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Saturday.A seven-member board panel picked Ford over Englishman John Emburey, the only other candidate for one of the most high-profile jobs in cricket, after closed-door […]
Oil Oil everywhere…
TEHRAN, June 6, 2007 (AFP) – Iran hopes to begin a much-delayed plan to ration petrol in the next two weeks amid continued uncertainty over its launch date, officials said on Wednesday. The plan, aimed at reducing colossal subsidies paid by the state to finance oil-rich Iran’s frenzied petrol consumption, envisages forcing consumers to pay […]