Category: Industry
Mini Hydro
Oct 30, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan mini hydro power company Vidullanka Tuesday said net profit for the first half ending September 30, 2007 was up nine percent year-on-year to 24.6 million rupees. Group revenue rose 13.5 percent to 83.5 million rupees over the same period, according to interim results sent to the Colombo bourse. […]
Murali likely to miss Test warm-up
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) – Star bowler Muttiah Muralitharan is expected to be rested for Sri Lanka’s final warm-up match ahead of next week’s first cricket Test against Australia at the Gabba here.Captain Mahela Jayawardene indicated the spin wizard would sit out the three-day game with Queensland starting on Friday after his marathon […]
Smooth Ride
Oct 29, 2007 (LBO) – Chevron Lubricants Lanka said net profit for the September quarter shot up 78 percent to 325 million rupees from the same quarter a year ago. The firm, the Sri Lankan unit of the Chevron Texaco oil multinational, said sales were up eight percent to 2.1 billion rupees. “The top line […]
Sri Lanka Murali claims four wickets in drawn tour match
ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 29, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan claimed four wickets in a drawn-three day tour match against the Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI at Adelaide Oval here Monday ahead of the Test series against Australia.Muralitharan claims four wickets in drawn tour match Muralitharan, eight wickets short of Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne’s […]
Middleware Hire
Oct 30, 2007 (LBO) – WSO2, the open source middleware company, has hired software engineer Glen Daniels as director of Java platforms, a company statement said. Daniels, recently named a vice president of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), will be responsible for the general technical direction and architectural consistency of all WSO2 Java products. œWSO2 […]
Game Chat
October 29, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will play host to a crucial meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation general assembly next week to select a venue to host the 2014 games, organisers said Monday. More than 400 delegates from 71 Commonwealth nations who will gather in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo from November […]
‘s Murali
HONG KONG, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) – Test cricket’s top wicket-taker Shane Warne said Sunday he will have no regrets when rival spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan overtakes him at the top of the charts. Murali is currently on Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia and is just nine short of breaking Warne’s record 708 Test wickets. […]
‘s Chaaya village charm visitors in tough times
Oct 28, 2007 (LBO) – Adding an extra touch of nature and concentrating on the local tourist market has helped a hotel controlled by Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings to maintain higher occupancy. This year the Chaaya Village in north-central Habarana says it has recorded higher occupancy rates than other properties in the area, despite […]
Jayasuriya smashes 154 in tour opener
ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya opened his final tour of Australia in spectacular fashion when he blasted 154 against a Chairman’s XI here on Saturday.Facing an attack made up of state players not required for domestic matches, the veteran led his team to 335-4 at stumps on the […]
‘s Jayasuriya smashes 154 in tour opener
ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya opened his final tour of Australia in spectacular fashion when he blasted 154 against a Chairman’s XI here on Saturday.Facing an attack made up of state players not required for domestic matches, the veteran led his team to 335-4 at stumps on the […]
Buy-Out
Oct 26, 2007 (LBO) – India’s state-run telecom firm MTNL, which is trying to buy Sri Lanka’s fixed wireless operator Suntel, has put conditions for the buy-out as it tries to cash in on legal cases the Sri Lankan firm is involved in. “We are the preferred bidder and are working hard at it. During […]
Sri Lanka captain to play for Derbyshire
Oct 24, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene will play English county cricket for Derbyshire next year, the county’s official website said on Wednesday.“I knew that he was the right player after I had spoken to him and I could tell that he has the desire to play county cricket and contribute both […]