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Blast rocks Sri Lanka capital: police
Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) – A powerful explosion ripped through a house in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo early Friday, police said, adding that at least seven people were wounded.“At least seven people were taken to hospital after the blast,” a police official at the scene said. The blast came as the authorities had stepped up […]
Sri Lanka bomb blast injures seven
Feb 28, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded during a search operation in the Kotahena area of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo Friday morning, injuring four police officers and three civilians, police said. There has been intense fighting in the Mannar area on the northwest of the island in recent weeks. The capital is under tight […]
Sri Lanka blast a suicide bombing: military
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) – A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a bomb during a search operation in Colombo’s Kotahena area and a pistol and ammunition had been recovered in subsequent search operations, the military said. There has been intense fighting in the Mannar area on the northwest of the island in recent weeks. Updated […]
Sri Lanka troops find three suicide jackets following blast
Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) – A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday injuring seven people as police moved in to search his house in the Sri Lankan capital, police and military officials said. Casualty figures provided by both sides differ vastly and cannot be independently verified. The government bars journalists and human […]
Nine die in Sri Lanka fighting
Feb 28, 2008 (AFP) – Two bombs left at least eight civilians dead in guerrilla-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels said Thursday as the defence ministry reported killing nine militants.Casualty figures provided by both sides differ vastly and cannot be independently verified. The government bars journalists and human rights workers from front line […]
Petrol Performance
Feb 27, 2008 (LBO) – Lanka IOC has made a net profit of 282 million rupees for the December quarter compared with a loss of 327 million rupees in the same period last year. However, the profit was much lower than the 677 million rupees the company, a unit of Indian Oil Corp., earned during […]
Smooth Premium
Feb 27, 2008 (LBO) – Chevron Lubricants Lanka said net profit for the year to December 2007 increased 34 percent to top a billion rupees, with premium brands bringing in better margins. Chevron Lubricants Lanka, formerly known as Caltex, once had a monopoly of the local market but its dominance has been challenged by new […]
Sri Lanka military says 41 killed in fresh fighting
Feb 25, 2008 (AFP) – At least 36 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and five Sri Lankan government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in and around rebel-held territory, the island’s defence ministry said Monday. War planes bombed a suspected Tamil Tiger naval base in the district of Kilinochchi on Sunday, inflicting heavy damage, the ministry […]
Sri Lanka suicide attack kills two
Feb 24, 2008 (AFP) – A suspected Tamil rebel suicide bomber killed two rival militants in eastern Sri Lanka on Sunday, officials said, as the government stepped up security in the capital to prevent new attacks. The suspected suicide attacker crashed his motorcycle into another motorbike carrying two members of a breakaway rebel faction in […]
Bomb blast outside Sri Lanka capital injures eight: hospital
Feb 23, 2008 (AFP) – A bomb went off in a bus in a Colombo suburb on Saturday, wounding at least eight people, a hospital official said. Passengers were evacuated from the bus in the town of Mount Lavinia after the crew raised the alarm over a suspicious parcel left inside the vehicle, Sri Lankan […]
Sri Lanka bus blast in Colombo south
Feb 23, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded in a bus in Mount Lavinia, a suburb south of the Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo Saturday, police said. The office of Sri Lanka’s police spokesman said at least two bus passengers were injured. Passengers had discovered the bomb and most of them were already out of the […]
Sri Lanka bomb blast outside capital injures 17: military
Feb 23, 2008 (AFP) – A parcel bomb exploded on a bus in a Colombo suburb on Saturday, wounding at least 17 people in the latest in a string of violent attacks, the defence ministry said.But casualties would have been far greater if an alert passenger had not spotted the booby-trapped package and shouted at […]