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Dec 30, 2013 (LBO) – About 11.4 percent of households in Sri Lanka have internet access at home, with 9.2 percent accessing through other means with communications centres were playing a key role, official data shows. In Trincomalee 3.7 percent of households had internet access through Nanasala booths, followed by 3.6 percent in Ampara and […]
Oil Switch
Dec 30, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will start selling petrol with an Octane count of 92 from January 2014 and will discontinue 90-octane fuel, petroleum minister Anura Yapa said. Minister Yapa said state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the second player Lanka IOC will both sell 92-Octane petrol. There will be no change to retail […]
Sri Lanka deports Indian reporter covering ex-warzone
COLOMBO, December 28, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Saturday deported an Indian journalist arrested on a charge of working in the island’s former war zone without media credentials, police said. The 24-year-old, who was working for a magazine based in the Indian city of Chennai, was arrested on Christmas Day for photographing military installations […]
Three Asian workers dead in Saudi oil platform sinking
JEDDAH, December 28, 2013 (AFP) – Saudi coastguards have found the bodies of three Asian workers at sea after they went missing when an oil company’s offshore platform sank, officials said Saturday. “They were all found. We found two of them late yesterday and another one this morning,” Eastern Province Coastguard spokesman Colonel Khaled al-Arqubi […]
Sri Lanka pull off thrilling consolation win over Pakistan
ABU DHABI, December 27, 2013 (AFP) – Dinesh Chandimal kept his nerve to pull off a sensational two-wicket win for Sri Lanka in the fifth and final one-dayer in Abu Dhabi on Friday, but Pakistan took the five-match series 3-2.Chandimal finished with 64 not out off 70 balls and added a match-turning 40 runs for […]
Sri Lanka stocks close up 0.4-pct
Dec 27, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks end 0.48 percent higher Friday with a tea export firm dominating trade, brokers said. Lanka Orix Leasing Company closed 80 cents higher at 75.00 rupees and Commercial Leasing and Finance closed 10 cents higher at 4.00 rupees. Commercial Bank closed 20 cents lower at 120.90 rupees and […]
Sri Lanka stocks end higher
Dec 26, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks close higher Thursday with diversified stocks gaining, brokers said. Trans Asia Hotels closed 2.00 rupees lower at 78.00 rupees and Asian Hotels and Properties ended 10 cents lower at 64.40 rupees. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 2.56 points higher at 5,848.49, up 0.04 percent. […]
Rescue underway for Russian ship trapped by Antarctic ice
SYDNEY, December 26, 2013 (AFP) – Three icebreaking ships were Thursday hurrying to reach a Russian vessel carrying 74 people on a scientific expedition which is trapped by ice off Antarctica, with Australian authorities coordinating the rescue mission.The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said the MV Akademik Shokalskiy sent a distress message on Wednesday to […]
Hafeez, Ajmal guide Pakistan to series-clinching win
ABU DHABI, December 25, 2013 (AFP) – Mohammad Hafeez notched his third hundred of the series while off-spinner Saeed Ajmal grabbed four wickets to help Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the fourth one-day international on Wednesday.Hafeez finished with 113 not out for his ninth one-day hundred as Pakistan knocked off their modest […]
Sri Lanka win toss, opt to bat in must win game
ABU DHABI, December 25, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and opted to bat in the fourth one-day international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Pakistan, who lead the series 2-1, remained unchanged from the side which won the third match in Sharjah by 113 runs on Sunday. Sri […]
Christians increasingly under threat: Catholic observers
VATICAN CITY, December 25, 2013 (AFP) – Thousands of Christians are killed every year because of their faith and the persecution is becoming more widespread, Catholic observers said as Christmas celebrations are increasingly marred by attacks in at-risk countries.Experts have pointed to three main types of anti-Christian violence — the main one being religious radicalism […]
Sri Lanka stocks close flat
Dec 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks close flat Tuesday with hotel and plantation stocks falling, brokers said. Sampath Bank closed 10 cents lower at 170.00 rupees and Aitken Spence closed 1.00 rupee higher at 101.00 rupees. Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings closed 30 cents higher at 65.50 rupees and Asian Hotels and Properties closed […]