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Feb 25, 2014 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank of Ceylon rose 25 percent to 3.3 billion rupees in the December 2013 quarter from a year earlier, despite a steep loan loss provisioning, interim accounts showed. The group reported earnings of 3.92 rupees per share. For the 12-months to December the group reported […]
Mass Grave
COLOMBO, February 25, 2014 (AFP) – Forensic experts have found more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka’s northern former war zone, taking the total number to 80, an official said Tuesday.Judicial medical officer Dhananjaya Waidyaratne said excavations resumed on Monday after a short break at the grave site discovered by construction workers […]
New Phone
BARCELONA, February 24, 2014 (AFP) – Samsung unveiled Monday its new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone armed with a fingerprint scanner and a built-in heart rate sensor to defend its place as the world’s industry leader.Taking the limelight on the opening day of the world’s biggest mobile fair in Barcelona, Spain, the South Korean giant simultaneously […]
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COLOMBO, February 25, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Tuesday accused the UN rights chief of “unwarranted interference” by calling for an international inquiry into allegations troops killed thousands of civilians at the end of the civil war.The government of President Mahinda Rajapakse formally rejected the demand by rights chief Navi Pillay for an external investigation […]
Sri Lanka stocks plunge 0.9-pct
Feb 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks plunge 0.91 percent Monday continuing the downward trend with losses in the tobacco and diversified stocks, brokers said. Bukit Darah ended 15.00 rupees lower at 560.00 rupees and Commercial Leasing and Finance closed 20 cents lower at 3.90 rupees. Nestle Lanka ended 20.90 rupees lower at 2,000.00 […]
Mobile Sales
Feb 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata Plc, said it has developed a mobile point of sale (mPOS) application with extra features that will be first deployed in the island’s largest taxi service.3 Wheel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, which operates under the ‘Budget Taxi’ will carry the patent-pending ‘Dialog Street Smart’ product, using a […]
Cheap Smarts
BARCELONA, February 23, 2014 (AFP) – Firefox OS, an upstart smartphone operating system aimed a challenging the Apple and Google duopoly, will power a new category of $25 smartphones for developing countries, the California-based nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said Sunday. Mozilla sought to show off the success of its system, launched a year ago to prise […]
Revamped Sri Lanka sweep Bangladesh one-dayers
DHAKA, February 22, 2014 (AFP) – New-look Sri Lanka trounced Bangladesh by six wickets in the third and final one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday to sweep the series 3-0.The hosts missed premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was handed a three-match ban for a lewd on-camera gesture during the second one-dayer on Thursday. Mominul […]
Afghan President Karzai cancels Sri Lanka visit
COLOMBO, February 23, 2014 (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancelled a two-day state visit to Sri Lanka Sunday, the foreign ministry in Colombo said, as Taliban insurgents killed 20 of his soldiers in eastern Afghanistan.“Please note that the visit of the President of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka has been cancelled,” the ministry said without […]
Pay Freedoms
Feb 22, 2014 (LBO) – A bank in Sri Lanka is in talks with US-based Paypal to become its partner bank for inward remittances, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said. But larger transactions like tourism services are also sold in many countries using Paypal. Sri Lanka allows outward payments through Paypal via credit cards, but […]
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WASHINGTON, February 21, 2014 (AFP) – US regulators are not targeting India, despite a series of import restrictions on drugs from the major US trading partner, the Food and Drug Administration chief said Friday.India’s generics industry is a major supplier of lifesaving drugs, including antiretrovirals for HIV, to the United States and over 200 other […]
Cricket: Sri Lanka keep Bangladesh down to 240-8
DHAKA, February 22, 2014 (AFP) – Seamer Dhammika Prasad claimed three wickets in his first match of the series as new-look Sri Lanka restricted Bangladesh to 240-8 in the third and final one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday.New-ball partner Suranga Lakmal finished with two for 24 in 10 overs after Sri Lanka, enjoying an unassailable […]