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Sri Lanka raises crop planting subsidies
Nov 08, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government will increase subsidies to encourage small farmers expand tea, rubber and coconut cultivation, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Small farmers account for the bulk of the production of the three main agricultural export commodities, Rajapaksa, who is also finance minister, told parliament while presenting the budget for 2013. […]
Impeachment
Nov 07, 2012 (LBO) – Charges made public against Sri Lanka’s chief justice in an impeachment motion signed by more than a 100 ruling coalition parliamentarians include non declaration of assets and the purchase of a house. Sri Lanka’s ruling administration has been has been unhappy at several rulings of the supreme court in recent […]
‘s begging wild elephants: making it safer for man and animal
Nov 06, 2012 (LBO) – Feeding of begging wild elephants in Sri Lanka’s Udawalawe National Park, can be made safer for both man and animal if it is formalized as a supervised process, where fees are charged, a wildlife enthusiast has suggested. S M S Senadhipathi, a wildlife enthusiast says though elephants lining up for […]
Heist Fine
COLOMBO, Nov 5, 2012 (AFP) – A Chinese man who swallowed a fake stone in a daring bluff that allowed an accomplice to get away with a real diamond pleaded guilty Monday to aiding theft and was given a fine and two-year suspended jail term. Colombo chief magistrate Rashmi Singappuli ordered the 32-year-old man to […]
Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods: Stanford study
Nov 05, 2012 (LBO) – Researchers at America’s Stanford University have found little evidence to back a widespread belief that organic foods which are sometimes twice as expensive as conventional ones, gives more health benefits, a report has said. A team led by Dena Bravata, a senior affiliate with Stanford’s Center for Health Policy, and […]
Legal Protest
Nov 5, 2012 (AFP) – Hundreds of Sri Lankan lawyers took to the streets of Colombo on Monday protesting against a government move to impeach the country’s top judge in an increasingly bitter dispute. Lawyers marched from the Supreme Court to the city centre denouncing efforts by President Mahinda Rajapakse’s United People’s Freedom Alliance party […]
Electronic Fraud
Nov 04, 2012 (LBO) – Two Romanian nationals have been arrested over a millions of rupees have been stolen from unsuspecting account holder using forged automated teller machine cards, a media report said. Sri Lanka’s The Sunday Times newspaper said at least 2.3 million rupees have been stolen from the account holders from banks in […]
Impeachment View
By J C Weliamuna Nov 04, 2012 (LBO) – The Rajapaksha Regime, through its parliamentarians, handed over an impeachment motion to the Speaker, the elder brother of the President Rajapaksha against the first woman Chief Justice of the country. It appears that the Government of Sri Lanka is in a mighty hurry to get rid […]
Label Rules
Nov 03, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Tobacco Company, a unit of British American Tobacco has gone to the court of appeal against new labeling rules by the island’s health ministry which requires graphic labeling. Health agencies, starting from US surgeon general’s office under Luther Terry, a former John Hopkins University professor and the […]
Sri Lanka Nestle unit profits up 3.9-pct
Nov 02, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Nestle Lanka Plc, a unit of Switzerland Nestle, said profits in the September quarter rose 3.9 percent from a year earlier to 798 million rupees as it took steps rolex replica to counter the effects of a depreciating currency and higher energy costs. The firm reported earnings of […]
Sri Lanka rains seen hurting tea crop
Nov 02, 2012 (LBO) – Heavy rains in Sri Lanka’s tea growing areas are not likely to lead to a sharp recovery in crops that have been reduced by drought, a tea broker said. John Keells brokers also said the rains will relieve the suffering caused by drought which had reduced irrigation water and hydro-power […]
Impeachment
Nov 01, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has begun a process to impeach chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake with a motion signed by with 117 legislators representing the ruling coalition, information minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said. Rambukwelle said the harmony between the parliament and judiciary had been disturbed with the judiciary overstepping its role, which has prompted […]