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Sri Lanka Kelani Valley almost out of the red
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Kelani Valley Plantations (KVPL) said it made a net profit of 41 million rupees in the June 2009 quarter, down 37 percent from a year ago, enabling it to almost erase losses in the previous quarter.Sales in the June 2009 quarter fell 18 percent to 674 million rupees […]
Sri Lanka Tata tea unit June net falls 37-pct
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Watawala Plantations said net profit in the June 2009 quarter fell 37 percent to 37 million rupees from a year ago with the bottom line buoyed by palm oil and retail marketing earnings. Sales rose three percent to 1.1 billion rupees in the period, the company, a unit […]
Treasury Case
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s former Treasury chief P B Jayasundera is to file a confidential affidavit in an application to release him from an undertaking given to Supreme Court not to hold public office, lawyers said.The bar on public office came following an order to reverse the sale of land and a […]
No Variation
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) – Several applications asking to vary orders made following a landmark judgment which reversed a transfer of state land to build a golf course were refused by Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, lawyers said.Court was also asked to award compensation by others who had bought land in a related project. The next […]
Chicken tikka masala claims its origins in Scotland
GLASGOW, August 3, 2009 (AFP) – Scotland is known around the world for bagpipes, Scotch whisky, haggis and tartan kilts. But now it is trying to protect a less obviously Scottish treasure: chicken tikka masala.A chef from Glasgow claims he invented the curry dish, and is pressing the European Union to give it “Protected Designation […]
Infants die in Bangladesh after taking cheaply made drugs
DHAKA, July 30, 2009 (AFP) – When Kohinur Akhter’s 19-month-old baby boy came down with a fever and cough a little over a week ago, she had no idea the medicine she gave him to ease the pain would put him on his death bed. Now Akhter has been told by doctors in Bangladesh that […]
Phone Ban
July 28, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka has banned students from taking mobile phones to school following the suicide of a teenager disciplined for using her telephone, an education ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.All schools were ordered to impose the ban after a 14-year-old girl — reprimanded over telephone contact with a boy during school […]
Sri Lankan clothing retailer expands to the Maldives
July 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan menswear retailer Hameedia has expanded into the neighbouring Maldive islands, opening a showroom in the capital Male.“It involves a careful selection of fabrics and accessories, studying both national and international market trends, and, the demanding task of marketing.” Hameedia Managing Director Fouzul Hameed said the company was looking […]
Sri Lanka Talawakelle Tea Estates returns to profit
July 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Talawakelle Tea Estates said it had returned to profit in the June 2009 quarter after making a loss in the previous quarter because of a sharp fall in the crop.A severe drought and the lagged effects of last year’s commodity market crash that led to the neglect of […]
Sri Lanka June tea exports fall
July 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tea exports fell in June from a year ago with earnings for the first half buoyed by the rupee’s depreciation against the dollar, brokers said. Prices at this week’s Colombo auction also fell from the week before, mainly on lower quality. Shipments of tea in June fell eight […]
‘s tryst with truth draws protests
NEW DELHI, July 26, 2009 (AFP) – The Indian version of a US reality TV show that extracts secrets from minor celebrities has caused protests and a furore in parliament with its focus on infidelity, incest and other taboo subjects. Indian Express columnist Shubhra Gupta was similarly insistent that viewers should be the final arbiters […]
Court Block
July 25, 2009 (AFP) – A Sri Lankan court has ordered a dozen websites to be blocked for allegedly containing pornographic material involving local women and children, a press report said Saturday.The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) was asked to block access to the 12 websites, including redtube.com, an adult-content sharing portal, the Lankadeepa newspaper said. […]