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Sri Lanka to do health checks for resident visa
Dec 15, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has decided to do health checks on applicants for resident visas to the island, media minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. The cabinet of ministers has decided to conduct a health assessment for the resident visa applicants to Sri Lanka, he told a news conference. A statement said a large […]
Sri Lanka reconciliation must ensure sustainable peace: Australia lawmakers
Dec 14, 2011 (LBO) – A visiting Australian parliamentary delegation has said Sri Lanka’s reconciliation efforts after the end of its 30-year ethnic war must ensure sustainable peace and progress. Five Australian-members of parliament have gained a “first-hand insight” into Sri Lanka’s current political, economic and social situation during a week-long visit to the country,” […]
Gas Potential
Dec 06, 2011 (LBO) – A top Indian scientist has said he believes Sri Lanka has huge gas hydrate resources in the ocean around the island as in India. The ice like solids found in deep water on the ocean floor could generate methane gas, a potential energy source, Harsh Gupta told a forum of […]
Sri Lanka child care project gets Japanese support
Dec 01, 2011 (LBO) – The Japanese government has provided almost 60 million rupees worth of aid for an early childhood care and development project in the eastern Trincomalee district, part of the former war zone. “It is expected that more than 1,000 families and their community members will benefit from the project,” the statement […]
Sri Lanka urged by Japan envoy to probe war crimes charges
Nov 30, 2011 (LBO) – A Japanese ‘peace envoy’ to Sri Lanka has pressed the island to probe allegations of human rights abuses that led to the loss of duty free market access to Europe. Yasushi Akashi, who served as a special envoy of the Japanese government during the island’s ethnic war, said a national […]
Sri Lanka ex-army chief jailed for three years
November 18, 2011 (AFP) – A Sri Lankan High Court sentenced former army chief Sarath Fonseka to three years in jail on Friday after finding him guilty of making a false allegation against the president’s brother. Fonseka, who ran against President Mahinda Rajapakse in 2010 elections, is already serving a 30-month prison term after a […]
Petroleum Prospects
Nov 15, 2011 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka unit of Indian Oil Corporation’s profit for the September 2011 quarter fell sharply from a year ago with sales staying virtually stagnant, interim accounts filed with the stock exchange showed. Lanka Indian Oil Corp. said net profit fell 44.6 percent to 277.8 million rupees in the quarter […]
Gas Strike
Nov 14, 2011 (LBO) – Cairn Lanka, a unit of India’s Cairn Energy, has made a second gas strike off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. On October 04, Cairn Lanka had begun work on CLPL-Barracuda-1G/1, a second well. The presidents office said in a statement that the state petroleum exploration office has been informed […]
EU concerned over Sri Lanka net censorship
Nov 08, 2011 (LBO) – The European Union has expressed concern over the blocking of several dissident websites in Sri Lanka, which the island’s information ministry said was damaging image of politicians and senior state officials. “The EU considers that freedom of press forms an integral part of any democratic system,” European Union heads of […]
Sri Lanka targets dissident websites
November 5, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Saturday warned websites to register with the authorities after the United States expressed deep concern over Colombo’s blocking of a popular Internet-based dissident publication. The Ministry of Mass Media and Information said many reports posted on dissident websites amounted to character assassination of President Mahinda Rajapakse, his ministers […]
Britain urges Sri Lanka to make progress on rights by 2013
LONDON, October 30, 2011 (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Sri Lanka on Sunday to make progress on human rights before it hosts the next Commonwealth leaders meeting in 2013 to prevent the likelihood of boycotts. Cameron said he pressed President Mahendra Rajapaske during this year’s Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Australia […]
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PERTH, October 30, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Sunday condemned a “preposterous” UN-commissioned report alleging war crimes in his country, revealing he stopped Canada raising it at a Commonwealth meeting. Foreign Minister Gamini Peiris also confirmed Sri Lanka will host the next Commonwealth leaders’ meeting in 2013, saying that none of the 54-nation […]