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Luxury Fleet
June 15, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Thursday sought interest from investors to bid for nine licenses to operator taxi services in the country, an official said. Those interested have been given two months to register and pick up a copy of the information memorandum. Starting August 14, the licenses will be issued via a […]
Namunukula Plantations sub-leases estates for a tea bottling project
June 15 (LBO) – Namunukula Plantations said Thursday that it had subleased its Uva range of estates to Tusker Bottling Company for 50 million rupees.With the sub-lease, TBCL also took over borrowings of 350 million rupees from Namunukula, the company said in a statement to the Colombo Stock Exchange.The up-country estates were handed over to […]
Lets Chat
June 15, 2006 (LBO) – India has called for a meeting with Sri Lankan vanaspati producers on Friday to iron out issues, in the latest saga that has brought trade relations between both nations to a boiling point. Sri Lanka™s shipments of vanasapati an edible oil mainly used for cooking purposes came to a standstill […]
Sri Lankan FM wants rebel leader tried for war crimes: report
OSLO, June 15, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Thursday said Tamil Tiger rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran should be tried for war crimes, Norwegian news agency NTB reported. “There is a great obstacle to peace in Sri Lanka, and it’s not the (rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) LTTE, it’s the […]
Claymore causes carnage in Sri Lanka hinterland
KEBITIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka, June 15, 2006 (AFP) – The crowded bus was ferrying mothers and children to a free medical clinic in central Sri Lanka, but many ended up in a make-shift morgue after a landmine blast by suspected Tamil rebels.The yellow and green bus, meant to carry only 60 passengers, was already loaded with […]
War fears in Sri Lanka as bus blast kills 64
KEBITIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka, June 15, 2006 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up a packed bus Thursday, killing 64 passengers, including 15 children, in the deadliest attack on civilians in Sri Lanka for 10 years, the military said.Sri Lanka’s key foreign backers condemned the bombing and blamed the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam […]
Norway condemns deadly mine attack in Sri Lanka
OSLO, June 15, 2006 (AFP) – The main mediator in the conflict in Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim of Norway, on Thursday harshly condemned a powerful landmine attack in Sri Lanka that killed 64 people on a packed bus and which the Colombo government blamed on rebels.“This is the most horrific act that has been (carried […]
Sri Lanka bus bomb kills 64, army shells Tigers
June 15, 2006 (AFP) – landmine ripped through an overcrowded bus Thursday killing 64 passengers in the deadliest attack on civilians in Sri Lanka in 10 years, sparking military strikes on Tamil rebel positions.Airforce jets were deployed to bomb at least two positions in the island’s northeast after the military blamed the Liberation Tigers of […]
Tigers deny Sri Lanka bus bombing
June 15, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels denied involvement in Thursday’s bus bombing that killed at least 64 passengers and said the blast had been aimed at discrediting them.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rejected government charges that they carried out the morning attack near Kebitigollewa town in the North-Central Province […]
Indian state says ‘no sir’ to nursery rhymes
NEW DELHI, June 14, 2006 (AFP) – An Indian state has decided to drop popular nursery rhymes like “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep” from text books for first-graders for being too Western, reports said Wednesday.“We want our children to have value education in local color,” newspapers reported Narottam Mishra, minister of […]
Web auctioneer eBay adds ‘wiki’ for online selling tips
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2006 (AFP) – Using a technology once the domain of nerds, US auction website eBay is collecting the wisdom of millions of users in a how-to guide for buying and selling online. Any of eBay’s estimated 185 million users can contribute insights to an eBay “wiki,” a website that allows visitors […]
New Wings
June 14 (LBO) – National carrier SriLankan Airlines launched an International Aviation Academy on Wednesday, to meet demand by industry for airline relates skills. The academy will be a professional skills training facility, accredited by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), City and Guilds and Edexcel International. The IAA will cater to the increasing demand […]