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COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cultural affairs ministry has taken strong exception to a mass “wedding” of police dogs, which used symbols of traditional Buddhist nuptials on the Indian Ocean island. Culture Minister T.B. Ekanayake demanded an explanation for Monday’s ceremony in central Sri Lanka, which was intended to promote a programme […]
UN rights chief asked to trace Sri Lanka war missing
COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) – Families of people who disappeared during Sri Lanka’s ethnic war demonstrated in the former rebel stronghold of Jaffna Tuesday as UN rights chief Navi Pillay visited the area on a fact-finding mission.Demonstrators led by women held photographs of their missing relatives outside the Jaffna library and urged Pillay, the […]
Sri Lanka at helm of South Asia free trade effort
Aug 26, 2013 (LBO) – South Asian nations have to cut negative lists to improve the people’s trade freedoms, a top regional official had said following a ministerial meet in the Island nation.Ahmed Salem, Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation had said a goal was established at a 2011 regional summit […]
China firm seeks to investments in power, waste management in Sri Lanka
Aug 26, 2013 (LBO) – Aerospace Long-March International, a Chinese state firm is seeking joint ventures in power and waste disposal, Sri Lanka’s economic development ministry said.The company is already involved in Sri Lanka’s Lotus Tower project. A team led by the firm’s President Guo Zhaoping had met Sri Lanka’s economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa. […]
‘s aims high in becoming easier place for business: CB Governor
Aug 26, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka aims to be among the 30 easiest places to do business in the world by 2016 and maintain stable economic conditions comparable to advanced nations, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said.Sri Lanka which was at one time ranked around 100 in a ease of doing business indicator compiled […]
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COLOMBO, August 25, 2013 (AFP) – The UN’s top rights official began her visit to Sri Lanka Sunday by brushing aside criticism that she overstepped her brief and vowing to raise human rights concerns with Colombo.Navi Pillay, who has previously called for a war crimes investigation against Sri Lanka, said she was only holding it […]
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COLOMBO, August 26, 2013 (AFP) – Buddhist monks led protests in the Sri Lankan capital Monday against the UN’s top rights official, who began a fact-finding mission to the country following concerns about war crimes.Dozens of monks and pro-government activists staged the noisy demonstration outside UN offices, accusing the international community of drumming up false […]
Bollywood Sri Lanka war film pulled in UK, south India
MUMBAI, August 24, 2013 (AFP) – A Bollywood spy thriller set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war has been pulled from British and some Indian theatres after protests over its depiction of rebel fighters, the movie’s distributors said Saturday. The bloody conflict in Sri Lanka, which cost up to 100,000 lives, erupted […]
UN rights chief in Sri Lanka on fact finding mission
August 25, 2013 (AFP) – The UN’s top rights official begins a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka on Sunday after the government dropped public hostility towards her and promised access to former war zones.Navi Pillay, who has previously been accused by Colombo of overstepping her mandate, is on a week-long mission that will include talks […]
Korea Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka
Aug 22, 2013 (LBO) – Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won will visit Sri Lanka from August 28, the country’s embassy in Colombo said.It will be the first official visit by a prime minister of Korea after the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1977. He will hold talks with Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa, participate […]
ADB says Asian nations need at least 18-pct industry to be rich
SINGAPORE, August 21, 2013 (AFP) – Growth-hungry Asian economies which bypass industrialisation and leapfrog from agriculture to the services sector may fall into a “middle income trap”, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cautioned Wednesday.ADB chief economist Changyong Rhee said the region’s low-income economies should focus on developing their manufacturing sectors, which would in turn generate […]
Sri Lanka army intimidates media over shooting: rights group
COLOMBO, August 18, 2013 (AFP) – A Sri Lankan media rights group on Sunday accused the military of intimidating journalists who reported a deadly army crackdown on villagers protesting at contaminated water supplies.Residents of Weliweriya, the village 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Colombo, have also told Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Council of their fear […]