Category: Industry
Casualty
Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) – A cargo vessel owned by Sri Lanka’s Vallibel group sank off the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong Wednesday after colliding with a tanker, shipping and company officials said. The Vallibel group of businessman Dhammika Perera owns a few merchant ships. The crew of Sri Lankan and Burmese was rescued, they said, […]
Australia set to boycott Champions Trophy cricket
MELBOURNE, August 19, 2008 (AFP) – Despite the International Cricket Council (ICC) giving Champions Trophy security the all clear on Tuesday, players from the defending champions, Australia, are set to boycott the upcoming one-day tournament, Australian newspapers were reporting early Wednesday. The Champions Trophy is scheduled for September 12-28 in troubled Pakistan and ICC chief […]
Sri Lanka strike back in India one-dayer
DAMBULLA, August 20, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka hit back with two quick wickets after posting a modest 142 in the second one-day international against India here on Wednesday.India lost makeshift opener Irfan Pathan (five) and Suresh Raina (one) before reaching 17-2 in reply at the break.Virat Kohli was unbeaten on seven and Yuvraj Singh […]
India level series with tense victory
DAMBULLA, August 20, 2008 (AFP) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni capped Zaheer Khan’s devastating spell with a crucial 39 as India posted a tense three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international here on Wednesday. Left-arm seamer Zaheer ran through the top order in his incisive opening spell to finish with 4-21 as India […]
Sri Lankan Airlines in the black with aircraft sales
Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan Airlines has posted a 4.8 billion rupee profit with capital gains from aircraft sales, in a year that it was hit by rising fuel costs and weak tourist arrivals to the island. The carrier had lost 6.1 billion rupees (57 million US dollars) on its […]
Sri Lankan power users seen as too content with poor service
Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan electricity consumers are far too complacent about the poor service provided by the state power utility, an energy expert said.There was also greater need to have a new focus on energy efficiency. “Almost all industries and commercial buildings definitely have potential to save at least five percent through […]
Sri Lanka pilots among first to fly Airbus A380: Emirates
Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – Dubai-based Emirates said two of its pilots from Sri Lanka were among the first to fly the new Airbus A380 super jumbo aircraft. Suren Ratwatte has flown the prototype aircraft registered as F-WWDD out of Airbus Industries home airfield in Toulouse France on June 18, while Suhail Hashim flew the […]
Expensive Dentists
Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – The cost of producing a dentist in Sri Lanka is 60 percent higher than that of producing a medical doctor, while a veterinarian costs 30 percent more, government data showed.Sri Lanka’s university system, which is funded by taxes from the people, spent 1.3 million on producing a doctor, 1.6 million […]
Free Tests
Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – Brown and Company with its associate Klevenberg private limited have launched campaign to conduct mobile emission tests on vehicles in parts of Sri Lanka, the company said in a statement. The group has conducted tests in Havelock Town in Colombo and in the suburbs of Ranala and Athurugiriya. The free […]
Sri Lanka crush spineless India
DAMBULLA, August 18, 2008 (AFP) – Mahela Jayawardene cracked a responsible half-century to guide Sri Lanka to a crushing eight-wicket victory over India in the first one-day international here on Monday.The Sri Lankan skipper scored an unbeaten 61 for his 47th half-century to help his team achieve a modest 147-run target with more than 15 […]
‘s Mendis an unusual spinner, says Dhoni
DAMBULLA, August 18, 2008 (AFP) – India one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday conceded it was not easy to read Sri Lanka’s unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis. “When you are playing Mendis, you have to save wickets and get runs as well. It gets a bit tough. Even Murali (Muttiah Muralitharan) was difficult some time […]
Sri Lanka Unilever unit marketing models push deodorant sales
Aug 18, 2008 (LBO) – Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever Sri Lanka’s unconventional sales campaign for AXE men’s deodorant has already increased sales by 25 percent, the company said. Unilever hopes to enlarge its AXE footprint in Sri Lanka by distributing products to smaller shops and groceries. The deodorants come in two sizes and sales depend […]