Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Tiger airforce a threat to South Asia: president
March 27, 2007 (AFP) – The emergence of the Tamil Tigers as the world’s first guerrilla outfit with its own planes could be a threat to South Asian security, Sri Lanka’s president said Tuesday. The rebels on Monday successfully flew over the island’s main military airbase and escaped unscathed after dropping several bombs. “The LTTE […]
Sri Lanka scrambles to boost confidence after air raid
March 27, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan authorities are struggling to restore investor confidence a day after Tamil Tiger rebels launched an audacious air attack that stunned the defence establishment, officials said. The two sides agreed to a Norwegian-arranged truce in 2002, but successive talks broke down. Tamil Tiger rebels carried out their first air […]
‘s state investment promotion body says industrial parks safe
March 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state investment promotion body which runs industrial parks said they were not affected by a Tamil Tiger air raid, including one near the targeted air base. The Board of Investment (BOI) runs two large industrial parks in Katunayake near the airport and in Biyagama as well as a […]
Sri Lanka needs more fiscal, monetary tightening; growth 6.1% in 2007 – ADB
March 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs more monetary tightening and a smaller budget deficit to improve its economic fundamentals and bring inflation down, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday. We do think monetary policy would have to be tightened further, ADB Country Economist Johanna Boestel said. The Central Bank can succeed in […]
Sri Lanka offers bonus for kids to return coins in their piggy banks
March 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would offer an immediate 20 percent bonus in stationary for kids who break their piggy banks and deposit the coins in the banking system, officials said. “If children break their piggy banks and bring the coins back to circulation we will give exercise books, pens and rulers to […]
Closed -Update02
COLOMBO, March 26, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s only international airport was shut early Monday following a suspected Tamil Tiger attack on an adjoining military airbase, officials said.. Passengers who had boarded aircraft were asked to disembark and taken to a shelter, officials said, adding that the move followed gunfire and explosions heard at the […]
‘s main airbase, airport shut
March 25, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels bombed Sri Lanka’s main military airbase located next to the international airport Monday, leaving at least two airmen dead and 17 wounded, officials said.. Updated 04.11 For the latest developments on this and other stories click here are go to the LBO front page or type www.lbo.lk […]
Morning After
March 26, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels carried out their first ever air raid Monday, attacking a military base on a daring night-time mission that forced the temporary closure of Sri Lanka’s international airport.At least three airmen were killed and 16 others wounded in the raid on the Katunayake airbase next to the airport […]
Tigers use light aircraft to attack Sri Lanka base: military
March 26, 2007 (LBO) – Tamil Tiger guerrillas used light aircraft Monday to bomb Sri Lanka’s main military airbase, the airforce said, while Tigers claimed that their aircraft had returned to base. “One of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) aircraft had flown over the airbase and dropped some explosive items,” airforce spokesman Ajantha […]
Hongkong Move
March 26, 2007 (AFP) – Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airlines on Monday announced the immediate suspension of flights to Sri Lanka following a rebel air raid on a base next to the island’s only international airport.“Safety is a top priority at Cathay Pacific and a careful assessment of the situation will be made before services […]
Tigers take fight to new level with first air raid
March 26, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, until now best known for their signature suicide bombings, took their separatist campaign to a new level Monday with their first ever air raid.A low-intensity conflict erupted into full-scale war in 1983 after bloody anti-Tamil rioting following the rebels’ biggest attack to date when they […]
Sri Lanka probes air raid security lapses
March 26, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka launched two investigations into security lapses that led to the first ever Tamil Tiger air raid against the island’s main military base, where three airmen were killed and 16 wounded, officials said. The air force appointed a five-member team to probe lapses that led to the night attack […]