Category: Industry
Dog off the menu for Olympic restaurants: Chinese media
BEIJING, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – Beijing’s official Olympic restaurants have been banned from offering dog meat to avoid offending foreign visitors, state press reported on Friday.The ban, issued by the Beijing Catering Trade Association, forbids all 112 official Olympic restaurants from offering dog meat dishes, and urges other eateries to take pooches off the […]
‘ demands over England tour
July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Cricket chiefs have agreed to try and postpone or reschedule next year’s England tour to allow its players to take part in the lucrative Indian Premier League, officials said Thursday.The tour, hastily arranged earlier this month after England suspended bilateral cricket relations with Zimbabwe, includes two Tests, three […]
‘ fees
July 11, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Cricket has agreed to raise players’ fees and perks as part of a deal to settle a long-running dispute over contracts, officials said Friday. SLC officials and player representatives thrashed out a deal over the last two days that ended four months of negotiations, amid growing resentment by […]
‘s June tourist arrivals fall 9.3-pct
July 11, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka attracted fewer holidaymakers in June, the island’s main tourism promotion authority said Friday, blaming the drop in the number of visitors on the country’s ongoing ethnic conflict. Arrivals in June fell 9.3 percent to 27,960 from 30,810 reported a year earlier and totalled 224,363 in the first half […]
Tech Centre
July 10, 2008 (LBO) – India’s Reliance Communications has joined with Sri Lanka’s PC House (PCH) and its subsidiary Greenwich Lanka to maintain and develop off-shore internet data centers (IDCs).Reliance hopes to use the island as a hub for its marketing activities and as an overseas development center, the companies said in a statement. The […]
Freight Fracas
July 10, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council (SLSC) says their dispute with foreign shipping lines over a handling charge at Colombo port remains unresolved despite repeated protests and court action. The dispute between Sri Lankan exporters and foreign shipping lines has moved into mediation mode, on a supreme court directive, and a […]
Sri Lanka army promotion for Mendis after Asia Cup victory
July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis has been given a double promotion in the army after his exploits in the Asia Cup final, officials said on Wednesday.Mendis, 23, a gunner, was promoted to 2nd lieutenant by President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Mendis destroyed […]
Sri Lanka Ceylinco Insurance share issue applications rise
July 09, 2008 (LBO) – Applications for Sri Lanka’s Ceylinco Insurance non-voting share issue have been steadily increasing, according to registrars to the issue, International Consultancy and Corporate Services.They said in a stock exchange filing that they had received 1,623 applications for almost 2.8 million shares amounting to 485.8 million rupees by the close of […]
Rainbow View
July 9, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom, the island’s largest fixed access operator, has established a separate unit for director publishing information-based businesses, officials said. Although a non-core business activity, SLT Publications was formed as a separate entity to gain operational advantages and productivity gains, Leisha de Silva Chandrasena, chairperson of SLT told reporters. […]
Mystic Mendis is latest Sri Lankan mould-breaker
NEW DELHI, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – As if Muttiah Muralitharan was not enough, Sri Lanka now have another formidable spinner in Ajantha Mendis, whose unique style is also breaking new ground.Muralitharan, with a record 735 Test wickets, has long flummoxed batsmen with his “doosra” delivery that spins away from right-handers instead of coming in […]
Sri Lanka replace Zimbabwe with 2009 tour of England
LONDON, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka will play two Tests and three one-day internationals in England next April and May, stepping into the fixture gap created by England’s decision to break off cricket relations with Zimbabwe.Dates for the tour were announced on Tuesday by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). David Collier, […]
Virtual Slaves
JAKARTA, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Saudi Arabian families are abusing female migrant workers to the point of slavery and Riyadh needs to respond with sweeping labour and justice reforms, a major rights group said Tuesday.US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report released in Indonesia, the home country of thousands of female […]