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‘s old car gets green treatment
Oct 06, 2010 (LBO) – The official car used by the US envoy in Colombo has been shipped to its German maker for recycling, instead of being buried in the sea under a new green policy, the US embassy in Colombo said. “Formerly, the Embassy disposed of Ambassadors’ cars by sinking them off the coast […]
Legal Muzzle
Oct 06, 2010 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government is trying to suppress exposures of state corruption by launching criminal investigations against the Sri Lankan branch of Transparency International (TISL), a corruption watchdog, a rights body said. “In this way any person may be imprisoned through fabricated charges and by the abuse of criminal justice […]
Sri Lankan firms offered carbon emission reduction service
Oct 04, 2010 (LBO) – Reducing carbon emissions can give Sri Lankan businesses a competitive advantage, according to officials of a new company offering carbon reduction services. Carbon Consulting Company (CCC) has been appointed as an approved reseller of The CarbonNeutral Company’s services, including carbon offsets and certification. We can no longer depend on trade […]
‘s iron security, blistering heat
NEW DELHI, October 3, 2010 (AFP) – “It’s a dream come true,” squealed 16-year-old Shikha Saini as she patiently queued to enter the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, venue of Sunday’s lavish opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. A wearying, marathon walk up to the main entrance more than three hours ahead of the start of the […]
Dinosaur trove spills more secrets
CUENCA, October 2, 2010 (AFP) – Decades after a mechanical pine-tree digger first unearthed it, an extraordinary trove of dinosaur fossils in central Spain is revealing its secrets. When the digging machine cut a furrow to plant pines in the arid soil near the medieval town of Cuenca in the 1980s, it sliced through more […]
India seeking to intercept BlackBerry messages
NEW DELHI, October 2, 2010 (AFP) – India is seeking to find an “appropriate” means to monitor messages and corporate emails sent through Blackberry smart phones, a top government official has said. India and countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have sought access to monitor the services as they fear heavy […]
Dinosaurs taller than thought: study
WASHINGTON, October 1, 2010 (AFP) – Some dinosaurs may have been at least 10 percent taller than previously thought, US paleontologists said Thursday in a study that found the creatures had large amounts of cartilage. The dinosaurs had thick layers of cartilage in their joints that may have added more than a foot (30 centimeters) […]
Harsh Lessons
Oct 01, 2010 (LBO) – A citizen’s group in Sri Lanka has outlined harsh lessons from the island’s post independent history and suggested ways to a regain lost liberties by re-establishing rule of law. The submission of the ‘Friday Forum’ group was made to a state-appointed ‘Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission’ (LLRC) which is looking […]
Value Symbol
Sept 30, 2010 (LBO) – Less than half of Sri Lanka’s listed companies comply with a voluntary good corporate governance code developed by regulators and the body representing chartered accountants, an official said. “We have less than 50 percent of companies not complying with a code that’s not that stringent compared with global codes. “That’s […]
Sri Lanka offers land for agri-business
Sept 27, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is offering 200 acres of land for commercial agriculture on the bank of a major river bordering the island north-eastern region, meeting long-standing requests from businesses for land, a statement said. The offer comes in response to repeated requests from agri-business firms who have been clamouring for land […]
Sri Lanka should use low-yielding cows instead of importing: official
Sept 26, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should make better use of existing stocks of low yielding milch cows in larger privately owned herds rather than importing high-yielding stocks at great cost from abroad, a top official said. There have been attempts in Sri Lanka to import higher yielding cows to improve herd stock and […]
Sri Lanka natural resources seen threatened by weak laws
Sept 24, 2010 (LBO) – Protection of natural resources in Sri Lanka is endangered by the lack of peoples’ right to information and legal confusion created by devolution of power, an expert said. “Unless there’s an effective mechanism put in place and implemented vigorously it is not only poor people’s lifestyles but also natural resources […]