Category: Industry
Sri Lanka aim to cash in on Windies woes
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 31, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody has said his team will try to capitalise on the West Indies’ current unimpressive form in their World Cup Super Eights match here on Sunday. Brian Lara’s West Indians find themselves in a must-win situation after losing to defending champions Australia and New […]
Cricket: We let England off the hook, says Ireland skipper
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 31, 2007 (AFP) – Ireland captain Trent Johnston admitted his team squandered their early advantage and allowed England to set a challenging total which proved decisive in their World Cup Super Eights defeat.“We are not here to shame in critics.We are showing that there are good players in Ireland, and the goal […]
Hemas Hydro
March 30, 2007 (LBO) – A 2.2 MegaWatt mini-hydro plant built by the power division of Hemas Holding would be connected to the national grid in June, an official said. Hemas Power, a fully subsidiary of Hemas Holdings, signed an agreement on Friday with the BOI to invest 223 million rupees in the Giddawa mini […]
Oram and Styris star in New Zealand win over Windies
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, March 29, 2007 (AFP) – Jacob Oram and Scott Styris starred in New Zealand’s seven-wicket win over the West Indies as the Black Caps began their Super Eight campaign in style at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here Thursday.For the West Indies this was a second comprehensive defeat in as many days […]
Moody urges Sri Lanka to learn from mistakes
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 30, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody on Thursday stressed his team needs to learn quickly from the mistakes made against South Africa during their one-wicket defeat in the Super Eights match. “It will be important how we come back in our match against the West Indies (on Sunday) who […]
India great Tendulkar should quit, says Ian Chappell
NEW DELHI, March 30, 2007 (AFP) – Former Australian captain Ian Chappell on Friday suggested what millions of Indians had been dreading to hear – the great Sachin Tendulkar should hang up his boots.Chappell, whose younger brother Greg could be sacked as India’s coach next week following the team’s first round exit from the World […]
Contact Us
March 30, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka added 16 more government department websites on the internet Thursday to make it easier for the public to get information, officials said. The websites, run by the Information and Communications Technology Agency (ICTA), are enabled in all three languages, Sinhala, Tamil and English. The government should increase its […]
‘s MJF group gets ready to push the leisure button
March 30, 2007 (LBO) – The Ceylon tea specialists Merril J Fernando (MJF) group is laying the foundation to enter the leisure sector despite the current downturn in the industry, officials said. The group has become a top player in the tea trade in Sri Lanka by marketing valued added ‘Dilmah’ branded Ceylon tea directly […]
No More
March 20, 2007 (LBO) –John Keells Holdings has sold its restaurant business in Sri Lanka to a regional franchise holder for an undisclosed sum, the company said Friday. JKH said Keells Restaurants (Private) Limited and Crescat Restaurants (Private) Limited which held the franchises for Pizza Hut and Delifrance in Sri Lanka were sold to Gamma […]
Supply Chain
March 30, 2007 (LBO) –Supermarket chain Marks & Spencer began shipping clothing made in their factories in the Indian sub-continent through the Global Parks logistics facility in Sri Lanka to its UK stores, Thursday. The multinational’s decision to use Sri Lanka as a supply chain hub demonstrates its confidence in the island despite the recent […]
Shortcut
March 30, 2007 (LBO) –The Japanese will give 30-year loan to Sri Lanka to build a link highway that will connect the Colombo-Matara to the Colombo-Katunayake expressway a government minister said. The Japanese Bank for International Cooperation will give 21.917 billion yen (19.7 billion rupees) loan to build a 4-lane stretch of the connecting highway, […]
Quick Turnaround
March 29 (LBO) – SriLankan airlines says its emergency procedures allowed it and Sri Lanka’s main international airport to swing back into action within hours of a temporary closure earlier this week. “I doubt that any other major airport in the world could have recovered as quickly as we did,” Peter Hill, CEO of SriLankan […]