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PARIS, January 20, 2011 (AFP) – Leading media freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday accused Nobel-winning author Orhan Pamuk and other writers of legitimising repression in Sri Lanka by attending a literary festival there. Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it was “disturbing” that Sri Lanka should celebrate literature while suppressing freedom of expression […]
Sri Lanka Jaffna hospital upgraded by Japan
Jan 20, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Jaffna hospital, the main state health facility in the former war torn northern peninsular is being upgraded with a 2. 9 billion rupee grant in a three year project which began Thursday, the Japan International Co-operation Agency said. A central facility to house surgeries, intensive care, diagnostic imaging, […]
Sri Lanka second hotel scouted by Swiss leisure group
Jan 18, 2010 (LBO) – Swiss-based MÅ‘venpick Hotels and Resorts, which is to manage a city hotel in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo is looking for opportunity to run a resort elsewhere in the island, an official said. The group has a 12-year deal with options to extend another 10 years with Softlogic. Softlogic has interests […]
UN seeks $51 million for Sri Lanka flood victims
January 19, 2011 (AFP) – The United Nations on Wednesday sought 51 million dollars to meet the urgent needs of more than one million people affected by recent monsoon floods in Sri Lanka. Bragg will end her visit on Friday after meeting with senior Sri Lankan government officials. The UN issued the appeal as its […]
Sri Lanka shares close up 0.7-pct
Jan 18, 2011(LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed up 0. 7 percent Tuesday with active retail trading and low value counters dominating the market, brokers said. Turnover was 3.4 billion rupees. “There has been an absence of significant foreign investment in the market the last few days,” Thakshila Hulangamuwa of Asha Phillips Securities said. Biggest […]
Sri Lanka to push green jobs
Jan 18, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka labour minsitry and the internatonal labour organisaton is to look for ways to create more ‘green jobs’ and provide skills for workers in environmentally friendly enterprises. “Moving the Sri Lankan economy onto an environmentally sustainable and low carbon development path will change the socio-economic structures of the country […]
Sri Lanka mahouts suspended over elephant death
January 17, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage Monday suspended two mahouts and a curator following the death of a 23-year-old male pachyderm in their care, a senior official said. Elephants are considered sacred animals in Sri Lanka and a judicial inquiry is required before one can be buried. Gunaratne said the centre […]
Nobel laureate Yunus in Bangladesh court
DHAKA, January 18, 2011 (AFP) – Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus appeared in a Bangladesh court on Tuesday in a defamation case dating back to 2007, posing further legal problems for the microfinance pioneer in his homeland. Last week, the government ordered a probe into Yunus’s Grameen Bank, with which he shared the Nobel […]
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LONDON, January 18, 2011 (AFP) – Britain has asked India to waive diplomatic immunity for a senior diplomat following reports that he assaulted his wife at their London home, the Foreign Office said Tuesday. Police were called to the home of the envoy, named by media as Anil Verma, last month following reports of a […]
Sri Lanka floods will not need a monetary response: CB Governor
Jan 18, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s recent floods will have minimal impact on long term inflation and will not need a monetary response but there will be ‘some economic impact’ from crop losses, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said. Large swathes of rice fields in Sri Lanka east and north central areas went under […]
Sri Lanka flood victims protest over food aid
January 18, 2011 (AFP) – Hundreds of flood victims in Sri Lanka besieged a district office in the eastern town of Kathankudi complaining about unfair distribution of emergency food aid, police said Tuesday. Local media reports said three civil servants were hospitalised after being attacked by the furious crowd, but police said they were unable […]
Sri Lanka IPO debuts at high premium; stocks lower
Jan 17, 2011(LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed lower Monday but a Singer Finance debuted on the floor at over three times is initial public offer of 15 rupees brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 7,008.06, down 0.35 percent (-24.54 points) while the Milanka Price Index of more liquid stocks closed at […]