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Sri Lanka seeks foreign help to bring Tigers back to peace talks
WASHINGTON, March 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Friday sought international help to prod Tamil Tiger rebels waging a battle for a separate homeland to return to the negotiating table. “The international community should once again seek to prevail upon the LTTE to return to the negotiations and to negotiate […]
LBR-LBO WiE Forum
March 16 (LBO) – Allowing employers and female workers to negotiate a work-family balance is far more effective in practice than laws, Sri Lankan women in business told a forum this week. In 2005, 7.52 million of Sri lanka’s labour force was employed of which 30.9 percent were females, statistics show, which was half the […]
Malaysia issues WiMAX licences to four companies
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16, 2007 (AFP) – Malaysia on Friday issued licences to four telecommunication operators to provide fourth generation (4G) wireless high speed Internet services nationwide this year.The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the winning bidders are Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd, MIB Comm Sdn Bhd, Redtone-CNX Broadband Sdn Bhd and Asiaspace Dotcom […]
World Cup results and tables
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 18, 2007 (AFP) – Results and tables on Sunday in the first round of the 2007 World Cup: Group A At Basseterre, St Kitts Australia bt Netherlands by 229 runs Group C At Gros Islet, St Lucia England bt Canada by 51 runs Standings (played, won, lost, no result, tied, net run […]
India wary of unpredictable Bangladesh
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 16, 2007 (AFP) – India are determined to avoid a Kiwi headache when they clash with Bangladesh in their opening World Cup match at the Queen’s Park Oval here on Saturday. “If the boys are able to keep their focus and set about their task, and control what they can […]
An amazing experience, says Bermuda captain
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 16, 2007 (AFP) – Bermuda may have suffered a humiliating defeat on their World Cup debut against Sri Lanka here, but skipper Irving Romaine says the experience matters more for his team than the result. “We were all emotional and it showed in a couple of early overs.The experience is […]
Double delight for Sri Lanka after Cup opener
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka were just as pleased with skipper Mahela Jayawardene’s return to form ahead of two big World Cup games as they were with their crushing win over hapless Bermuda. “For us, it is always good to have these countries playing in big tournaments.That was how […]
Sri Lanka humiliate Bermuda in 243-run Cup mauling
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 15, 2007 (AFP) – Debutants Bermuda found life at the top extremely uncomfortable as they crashed to a massive 243-run defeat against Sri Lanka in their opening World Cup match here on Thursday. It was the second-biggest defeat by run-margin in the tournament history after Namibia’s 256-run loss to defending […]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party sacks rebel strongman from home turf
Mar 16, 2007 (LBO) – The ruling has party has sacked rebel parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera from the leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in his home district of Matara in southern Sri Lanka an official said. General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena told LBO that the decision taken yesterday was unanimous and Dulles Alahapperuma has […]
Sri Lankan troops kill suspected suicide bomber
COLOMBO, March 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops Friday shot dead a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bomber in the northern district of Jaffna, the defence ministry said.Army personnel had come across the suspected guerrilla wearing a jacket packed with explosives while manning a road block at Savalkattu junction around Friday afternoon. The suspect […]
Sri Lanka switches to strong quantity targeting regime; policy rates unchanged in March
March 16 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank kept its now largely irrelevant discount rate unchanged Friday, while its monetary policy actions in recent weeks showed a firm reliance on quantity targeting. The release of the next regular statement on monetary policy is scheduled for 11 April 2007. Update 2 (graphics/reserve money targets) Though the […]
Light Rail
March 15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has given a private consortium of Indian and Singaporean firms the green light to develop a firm proposal with financing in place, to build a light rail system for Colombo. However the project has had false starts with a letter of intent earlier being awarded with Siemens and OPUS […]