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‘s Test career ends in pain
KANDY, Apr.04 (AFP) – Former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya ended his Test career on a painful note on Tuesday when he suffered a thumb injury during the second Test against Pakistan here. Jayasuriya, 36, needed several stitches on his right thumb that was split while catching Pakistani opener Imran Farhat in the gully region […]
Polls victory to boost Sri Lanka peace hopes: negotiator
Apr.04 (AFP) – Hopes for peace in Sri Lanka have been strengthened by the ruling party’s landslide victory in local polls, the government’s top peace negotiator said Tuesday.Nimal Siripala de Silva said he told Norway’s new peace envoy, Jon Hanssen-Bauer, that last week’s victory had strengthened President Mahinda Rajapakse. His political allies, who resist the […]
Norway’s new envoy launches Sri Lanka peace mission
Apr.03 (AFP) – Norway’s new peace envoy to Sri Lanka began work Monday, discussing how to shore up a fragile ceasefire ahead of meetings with Tamil rebels and the government. -Amal Jayasinghe: win98win@ Jon Hanssen-Bauer, on his first visit to the island, went straight into meetings with experts from think-tanks and development organisations after his […]
New Feather
Apr.03 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hemas Holdings Ltd Monday announced the appointment of Lalith de Mel as the group’s chairman. Husein Esufally will continue to lead as Chief Executive Officer of the family owned conglomerate. De Mel has served on the Hemas Board since 2003 and has been closely involved in its transformation as a […]
Quick Chat
Apr. 03 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will take up thorny issues like shipments of pepper and vanaspati oil to India, when both sides meet for trade talks in Colombo this month, an official said Monday. Four days of trade talks between the two nations under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or CEPA are due to […]
Fresh Look
Apr.03 (PTI) – The BBC today announced a re-broadcasting deal with Sri Lanka’s state-run radio and said it was looking for possible joint ventures for Hindi and Urdu service channels in India. Sri Lanka’s SLBC radio will re-broadcast nine hours of BBC programing under the new deal, BBC World Service business development manager Michel Lobelle […]
Wired World
Apr. 03 (LBO) – Computer sales in Sri Lanka are forecasted to grow 11 percent by 2011, largely driven by demand from public sector, telecom and financial sectors, an IT study released Monday said. In 2005, sales of new computers rose 11 percent to 102,208 in Sri Lanka, despite risky peace talks and the after […]
Sugar Power
April 03 (LBO) — Pelwatte Sugar has applied to the Ceylon Electricity Board to build a 25MegaWatt power plant fired by sugar cane waste, making it the largest dendro power plant proposed in Sri Lanka up to now.The company submitted the application after a recent cabinet decision raised the limit for buying power from dendro […]
‘s new envoy launches Sri Lanka peace mission
Apr.03 (AFP) – Norway’s new peace envoy to Sri Lanka began work Monday, discussing how to shore up a fragile ceasefire ahead of meetings with Tamil rebels and the government. -Amal Jayasinghe: win98win@ Jon Hanssen-Bauer, on his first visit to the island, went straight into meetings with experts from think-tanks and development organisations after his […]
Sri Lanka snap poll possible as ruling party sweeps local elections
April 2 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s ruling party may call snap elections after its success in local polls gave it a chance to break away from hardline allies opposed to a peace process with Tamil rebels, analysts say. President Mahinda Rajapakse could call parliamentary polls four years ahead of schedule if his two key nationalist […]
Sri Lanka look to winning farewell for Jayasuriya
KANDY, Apr. 01, 2006 (AFP) – The Sri Lankan team is hoping to give former skipper Sanath Jayasuriya a grand farewell by winning the second and final Test against Pakistan starting here on Monday.Left-handed Jayasuriya, 36, Sri Lanka’s highest run-scorer in both Test cricket and one-day internationals, announced his retirement from Tests on Friday. “We […]
Low vote for monks, Marxists to help Sri Lanka peace: media
April 01 (AFP) – The crushing electoral defeat of Sri Lanka’s nationalist Buddhist monks and Marxists, who both oppose Norwegian-backed peace moves, could boost efforts to end ethnic bloodshed, media said Saturday.Official results of the Thursday poll showed that President Mahinda Rajapakse’s People’s Alliance won 225 of the 266 local councils. By contrast, the Marxist […]