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Sri Lanka urban waste to be made into fertilizer: IWMI
July 26, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) said it is partnering with island’s environmental authority to turn urban waste, a major water pollutant into organic fertilizer. Sri Lanka’s urban waste has a high volume of moist organic matter which is not economical to burn and generate power, experts have said. […]
Sri Lanka tea production down in June
July 23, 2013 (LBO) – Tea production was down 4.29 percent to 24.69 million kilograms in June 2013 from a year earlier, Sri Lanka Tea Board data showed, amid warnings from tea companies that heavy rains were reducing output.The sharpest drop was seen in high grown elevations with production down 19 percent to 4.56 million […]
Biden arrives in India for four-day visit
NEW DELHI, July 22, 2013 (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in India Monday at the start of a four-day visit designed to revive momentum in flagging diplomatic ties and fire up bilateral trade.Biden, the first US vice president to visit India in three decades, landed in New Delhi shortly after 5pm (1130 […]
Indian investment moves marred by steel pullouts
MUMBAI, July 21, 2013 (AFP) – India may be trying to lure foreign investors to revive its ailing economy, but the axing of two mega steel projects underlines obstacles even industry giants face, analysts say. Although industrialisation is championed as a way to pull tens of millions of Indians out of poverty, many farmers complain […]
Closed
SYDNEY, July 19, 2013 (AFP) – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia as refugees, with all unauthorised arrivals to be sent to poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea.Australia will also contribute funds to reform the impoverished Pacific nation’s university sector and support other health, education and law and […]
Anti Migrant
July 19, 2013 (LBO) – Boat people arriving in Australia from countries like Sri Lanka and others may be settled in Papua New Guinea and other developing countries, media reports said. AFP news agency quoting the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said Australia has struck a deal with PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to process and settle […]
‘s northern agri-biz fair set to go
July 18, 2013 (LBO) – An agri business fair in Killinochchi, a former war zone in the northern Sri Lanka is ready to open on July 26 with all stalls filled, its organizers said.The event has been supported backed by the Governor of the Northern Province, the military and state officials, the organizers said. The […]
India police release sketches of suspected temple bomber
PATNA, July 16, 2013 (AFP) – Indian police investigating bomb blasts at one of Buddhism’s holiest sites released sketches of a suspect on Tuesday and offered a reward for information about the attacks.Buddhists are rarely targeted in India but there have been tensions in the wider region recently following clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in […]
India eases foreign investment rules in new reform push
NEW DELHI, July 16, 2013 (AFP) – A group of Indian cabinet ministers late on Tuesday cleared plans to remove the foreign investment cap in telecoms and relax overseas ownership rules in a host of sectors in a new economic reforms push.Economists say India needs foreign investment to spur growth and also to close its […]
Sri Lanka tea promoted at US food fair
July 16, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s ‘Ceylon Tea’ has been showcased at a specialty food fair in the in the US city of New York, the island’s embassy said. Representatives of the US tea trade, officials from the US Tea Council and media had attended a networking dinner on July 01. On July 02, […]
Halted
COLOMBO, July 15, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka has halted a French cultural festival after it screened an internationally-acclaimed local film that the military considered insulting, authorities said Monday.The French Film Festival in Colombo was abruptly stopped by the management of the state-owned venue after the movie — set during Sri Lanka’s ethnic war — […]
In US, struggle against snake-head ends on plates
MARBURY, July 15, 2013 (AFP) – The snakehead is an invasive species of fish from Asia that is threatening the delicate ecosystem of the Potomac River that flows through Washington into the Atlantic Ocean.“It was delicious,” he said. “Very flaky, and it did not have any kind of unusual taste.I had it fried and broiled; […]