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Sri Lanka slams UN rights body
COLOMBO, August 28, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president has criticised the UN Human Rights Council as its top official toured the battle-scarred nation to probe alleged war crimes, according to state media Wednesday.President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is on a trip to Belarus, has told his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that both nations are being targeted […]
Sri Lanka to spruce up two cities with World Bank finance
Aug 29, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will borrow 200 million US dollars from the World Bank to develop two cities, the state information office said. The three year project will boost urban infrastructure in Kandy in central Sri Lanka and Galle in the South. The project will improve traffic and transport and solid waste […]
Sri Lanka signs economic and defence deals with Belarus
Aug 27, 2013 (LBO)- Sri Lanka has signed a series of bilateral deals involving trade, taxation, tourism and defence co-operation following a visit by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Belarus.Agreements on trade and economic co-operation, avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion, tourism and technical co-operation on military affairs had been signed, the media […]
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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 […]
UN-ESCAP boss at South Asia econ summit in Sri Lanka
Aug 27, 2013 (LBO) – Noeleen Heyzer, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) will deliver the keynote address a regional economic forum in Sri Lanka. The 6th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES), will start in Colombo on September 02. The Institute of Policy Studies, a […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]