Category: Industry
Sri Lanka – Australia final; Crowe says Rudi Koertzen was talking about allowances
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 29, 2007 (AFP) – Match referee Jeff Crowe took the blame for the farcical finish to the World Cup final which saw Australia celebrate victory twice and forced Sri Lanka to bat in pitch-black darkness.But he suggested third umpire Rudi Koertzen may have initiated a process which led to chaotic scenes at […]
Air Attack III
April 29, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka cut power to the capital Colombo early Sunday local time, when millions were watching their team bat in the finals of the World Cup, after a suspected Tamil Tiger aircraft intrusion from the north western part of the island. Go to LBO front page at www.lbo.lk for updates […]
Sri Lanka skipper says Aussies can be beaten
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 27, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene believes that Australia can be beaten in the World Cup final here on Saturday because they are human, not supermen.“Obviously they are a very good side, but they are also humans and in 100 overs people do make mistakes and we need to […]
Sri Lanka lose toss and fields in cricket World Cup final
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 28, 2007 (AFP) – Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the World Cup final at Kensington Oval here Saturday. Rain delayed the scheduled 09.30am local (1330GMT) start time but with the match due to get underway at 10.15am (1415GMT) the game remained a […]
Land Locked
April 28, 2007 (LBO) – A deal to sell a prime commercial property belonging to a troubled state trading firm to a state-bank has got deadlocked with creditors scrambling after the property, but the bank has recovered an advance that it paid, a top official said. Last year the bank made 1,919 million rupees in […]
Small Credit
April 27, 2007 (LBO) – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has joined hands with six Sri Lankan private banks to educate small and medium enterprise (SME) owners on getting loans to finance their business. Local banks are heavily weighted towards collateral-based lending, instead of project-based lending, which makes it difficult for smaller firms to access […]
Take Off
April 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s international airport has re-opened after several flights were diverted as a precautionary measure following reports of a possible Tamil Tiger air raid, officials said. . Updated Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said there was no attack but there were reports of two unidentified light aircraft being detected in […]
Final tuned for Malinga and Tait sling concerto
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 27, 2007 (AFP) – They’re the youngest slingers in town, but Shaun Tait and Lasith Malinga know that Saturday’s World Cup final shootout can produce only one winner.Malinga has never played a one-dayer against Tait’s Australians. But if the defending champions want information on how dangerous the Sri Lankan fast bowler can […]
‘s World Cup bid
April 27, 2007 (AFP) – The British diplomatic mission in Colombo shed diplomatic neutrality Friday to support Sri Lanka’s cricket team in their World Cup final against Australia. The top British envoy here, Dominick Chilcott, led high commission (embassy) staff in signing greetings to skipper Mahela Jayawardene and his team-mates ahead of Saturday’s game in […]
Slave Records
LONDON, April 27, 2007 (AFP) – Britain said Friday it was putting colonial slavery records online for the first time, an archive which will eventually cover three million slaves in South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean. The collection on the ancestry.co.uk website is taken from registers lodged between 1812 and 1834. Britain has been […]
Extra Year
April 27, 2007 (LBO) – International students graduating in Britain would be able to work for one year, helping them gain valuable work experience, the UK High Commission in Colombo said. International students bring many benefits to the UK. After the United States, the UK is the country which attracts the most international students and […]
Dollar Deal
April 27, 2007 (LBO) – State-owned Bank of Ceylon’s syndicated dollar loan has been able to raise more money than originally envisaged. (US Dollar = 110 rupees) Updated There had been substantial interest from prospective lenders allowing the loan size to be enhanced, an official said. The deal, arranged with bookrunner HSBC, was earlier scheduled […]