Category: Industry
Travel Delays
COLOMBO, May 9, 2007 (AFP) – Thousands of passengers face travel delays and disruptions starting Thursday, when Sri Lanka’s only international airport closes to night traffic after a series of daring air raids by guerrilla rebels. Travel agents said several major airlines had yet to finalise their new schedules, leaving many travellers scrambling for flights […]
Hatton Profits
May 08, 2007 (LBO) – Hatton National Bank’s group net profit grew 33 percent to 344 million rupees with a strong 46 percent growth in foreign exchange earnings bringing in 246 million rupees, its March quarter accounts released Tuesday showed. The interest income grew to 5.7 billion rupees from 4.2 billion. At bank level, net […]
Billion Mark
May 08, 2007 (LBO) – Commercial Bank has reported group net profit growth of 37 percent to 1,028.8 million rupees for the first quarter ended March, with revenue rising 41 percent to 7,461.1 million rupees. In results released to the Colombo Stock Exchange, the bank said the profit gain was helped by a deferred taxation […]
Gilchrist ploy a storm in a glove, says CA
SYDNEY, May 8, 2007 (AFP) – Australian cricket officials Tuesday dismissed Sri Lankan claims that Adam Gilchrist’s use of a squash ball as a batting aid in last month’s World Cup final was unfair.Team vice captain Gilchrist, whose record-breaking 149 led Australia to their fourth title in the Caribbean, said he used the squash ball […]
Ganguly absence irks Bangladesh fans
DHAKA, May 8, 2007 (AFP) – The mystery of the missing Sourav Ganguly has baffled not only Indian fans but also millions of his supporters across the border in Bangladesh. The former India captain and senior pro Sachin Tendulkar were left out of the one-day series starting here on Thursday, with the selectors insisting the […]
Cyber Crime
May 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka on Tuesday enacted the Computer Crimes Bill introducing legislation which gives more power to law enforcement agencies when fighting computer crimes, the government ICT agency said. “The Basis of the Computer Crimes Bill is to criminalise attempts at unauthorised access to a computer, computer programme, data or information,” […]
Getting Warm
May 8, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s advertising fraternity is kicking off a week long fest in the run up to the Sri Lanka Advertising Awards, the Chillies 2007, its organizers said. It would be held under the theme ˜Insightful Insights™, followed by a party at H20. To be held on May 12 at the […]
Big and Small
May 7, 2007 (LBO) – A local bank and an international micro-finance specialist have tied up with the world’s largest bank to widen banking access to local micro enterprises, officials said Monday. Citigroup Foundation with the Foundation for Development Co-operation (FDC) and Banking with a Poor Network (BWTP) is helping micro-finance organizations build links with […]
Bailout Probe
May 08, 2007 (LBO) — Sri Lanka has appointed a special presidential commission to probe finance companies that went bust in the past, after the country’s top whistle-blower found fault with monetary authorities for not recovering large amounts due to the state. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has picked justice Priyantha Perera to head the […]
‘s ball-in-glove ploy
May 7, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka believes Adam Gilchrist’s use of a squash ball as a batting aid in the World Cup final was “unethical” and may take the matter up with world cricket chiefs, officials said Monday Gilchrist, whose record-breaking 149 led Australia to their fourth title, said later that he had a […]
India seek World Cup revenge in Bangladesh
DHAKA, May 7, 2007 (AFP) – New-look India flew into Bangladesh on Monday hoping to revive the team’s shattered cricketing fortunes and avenge the disastrous defeat that sent them tumbling out of the World Cup.No other result has caused such upheaval in Indian cricket as Bangladesh’s stunning five-wicket World Cup win that knocked Rahul Dravid’s […]
Friendly Fire
May 7, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka has restricted domestic flights and banned amphibious aircraft from using irrigation reservoirs following Tamil Tiger air attacks, officials said Monday.The military banned Sri Lanka’s national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, from operating a lucrative domestic service of Single Otter aircraft using reservoirs for take-off and landing, a defence ministry […]