Category: Industry
Rohit Sharma fined for dissent in Sri Lanka match
BRISBANE, Australia, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) – Indian batsman Rohit Sharma was fined for dissent after India’s one-day international cricket wash-out against Sri Lanka at the Gabba here Tuesday. Sharma was fined 10 percent of his match fee for standing his ground after being given out by South African umpire Rudi Koertzen, caught behind off […]
‘s Coke unit in cricket talent search
Feb 6, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Coca Cola unit has teamed up with former cricket star Aravinda de Silva to launch ˜Cricket pathway’, a project to search for cricketing talent in rural areas in the country. “Coca Cola wants to see youngsters blossoming from school champions to world champions with guidance and support from […]
Overlooked
Feb 05, 2008 (LBO) – None of the world’s major petroleum companies has bid for the offshore exploration blocks offered by the Sri Lankan government in the Mannar Basin, despite initial interest, officials said. “We knew from the beginning that the opportunity in Sri Lanka in relative terms was small – considering that globally they […]
India 267 against Sri Lanka with Gambhir century
BRISBANE, Australia, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) – A magnificent Gautam Gambhir century and an unbeaten 88 from captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India’s recovery in their one-day international against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.India finished their 50 overs on 267 for four at the Gabba after slumping to 83-4, losing three wickets for just three […]
Outward Bound
Feb 05, 2008 (LBO) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) have opened a National Centre for Migration Statistics in Colombo. . “As a country with high outward migration, Sri Lanka needs reliable statistics on migration patterns and flows to formulate effective migration policies,” said IOM […]
Sri Lanka to take leaf from Indian cricket book
Australia, Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team were looking to copy India and take the attack to Australia on their own turf during the triangular one-day cricket series. Sri Lanka play their first game in the tournament when they take on India at the Gabba here Tuesday, weather […]
Sri Lanka wants security after egg attack on Murali
SYDNEY, Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Sunday said it has asked Cricket Australia for beefed up security in the aftermath of an egg attack on its touring cricketers and officials in Hobart, Tasmania. Sri Lankan team manager Shriyan Samararatne confirmed the incident happened on Thursday night and said an egg thrown from a […]
Export Benefits
Sri Lanka should ensure that growth in exports last year spread its benefits wider to reduce poverty and unemployment, a senior minister said as inflation hit a new high in the island. The government’s export policy has been remarkably successful in the past year with an across-the-board development of exports by 15 percent, minister of […]
Zoo Blast
Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) – An explosion inside a zoological garden in a southern suburb of the Sri Lanka capital Colombo has injured four, the military said, a day after a bus bombing killed 20 civilians in the central province of the island. Sri Lanka pulled out of a ceasefire with the Tamil Tigers, who […]
Railway Blast
Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) – A blast ripped through Sri Lanka’s main railway station in the capital Colombo, the military said, within hours of an explosion in the main zoo which injured seven. For the latest on this story go to www.lbo.lk front page or click here for updates . . The security media centre […]
Sunday Bombings
Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) – An explosion at the main railway station in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo has killed five people and injured more than 80 police said, hours after a grenade inside a zoo injured seven. The security media centre of the defence ministry said the explosion occurred at 2.05 pm. Military spokesman Brigadier […]
Sobering Thoughts
Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s independent English weeklies have slammed decades of mismanagement as a war-ravaged island wracked by inflation and corruption prepares to mark 60 years of freedom from British rule on February 04.“What we are now confronted with is a nation in peril, at the mercy of foreign aid donors dictating […]