Sri Lanka move to push cargo at Mattala welcomed by policy advocate
Mar 14, 2013 (LBO) - Moves by Sri Lanka's airport agency to woo courier airlines to the island's second international airline was welcomed by a policy specialist who had been advocating such action. "I...
View ArticleVisitors to Sri Lanka should feel safe, rule of law upheld: UK High Commissioner
Mar 14, 2013 (LBO) - UK High Commissioner to Sri Lanka John Rankin said visitors to Sri Lanka should uphold rule of law to make the island safe for visitors, following delays in bringing killers of a...
View ArticleGoogle Southeast Asia boss in Sri Lanka
Mar 14, 2013 (LBO) - Julian Persaud, managing director of sales and operations of Google for Southeast Asia will participate in a business forum with Sri Lanka's information technology companies on...
View ArticleSri Lanka Mattala airport interests A380 operators: official
Mar 14, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's second international airport in Mattala is attracting interest from Airbus A380 operators, and the airport agency stands to earn more navigation fees from overflying...
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How Bitti Mohanty lost hide & seek game in Andhra Pradesh
Anantapur, March 14: Bitti Mohanty, the convict of German woman rape case, seems to have lost his 7-year-old long battle of hide and seek in Andhra Pradesh. Anantapur, the place where he had taken...
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Airtel asked to stop 3G services in 7 circles PTI New Delhi
The Department of Telecom has asked Bharti Airtel to stop offering third generation (3G) services in seven circles where the company does not hold spectrum."Airtel has been asked to stop 3G services...
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Regulators are thinking about spectrum in a traditional way: Rohan Murty...
Rohan Narayana Murty at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi on March 15, 2013He was unusually dressed for the India Today conclave - amid a sea of men in ties and business suits, Rohan Narayana...
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Gajendrakumar at UN calls for transitional administration to safeguard Tamil...
[TamilNet, Friday, 15 March 2013, 15:48 GMT]Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, the president of Tamil National Peoples' Front (TNPF), who addressed the UPR Review session in Geneva on Friday, has called for an...
View ArticleUSA continues to harp on implementing Sri Lanka's LLRC
[TamilNet, Friday, 15 March 2013, 13:21 GMT]Seeing a ‘broad spectrum of recommendations’ in the so-called Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) of Sri Lanka, the delegation representing...
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Tamil Nadu student upsurge gains momentum overcoming manipulations
[TamilNet, Friday, 15 March 2013, 06:03 GMT]The Tamil Nadu student protests against the pro-LLRC US resolution being tabled at Geneva has intensified in all major towns and cities even despite attempts...
View ArticleKurdish leadership accuses imperialist powers for Eezham Tamil tragedy
[TamilNet, Thursday, 14 March 2013, 19:14 GMT]In a solidarity message to the Eezham Tamils’ liberation struggle sent to TamilNet, the Executive Council of the Koma Civaken Kurdistan (KCK), condemned...
View ArticleUNHRC, CHOGM, Regime Change: people’s power has no substitute
[TamilNet, Thursday, 14 March 2013, 07:26 GMT]A drama has been carefully executed by all in the game ultimately guilty of crimes and detract the question of Eezham Tamils: first by giving hope and by...
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Sri Lanka UPR adopted, country praised for efforts to promote human rights
Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 11:50 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 15, Geneva: The United Nation Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on Sri...
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Sri Lanka to develop Palali airstrip in Jaffna to international standard
Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 12:14 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka plans to develop the Palali airstrip in Jaffna as an international airport, a Ministry of Civil...
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Sri Lankan government is awaiting DNA report on British tourist's murder
Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 08:01 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 15, Colombo: The court is awaiting the Government Analyst's report relating to the DNA evidence on the murder of the British...
View ArticleSri Lankan Tamils, marine issues figure in Congress top brass meet ET
NEW DELHI: The issue of Sri Lankan Tamils and the controversy surrounding the absconding two Italian marines today figured in the meeting of Congress top brass including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
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Sri Lanka Army chief 'baffled' by allegations in Geneva
Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 12:41 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya says the Army is 'baffled' by the allegations made...
View ArticleSri Lanka state airlines to operate 11 frequencies from Mattala
Mar 15, 2013 (LBO) - State-run SriLankan Airlines said it will operate nine flights a week out of Sri Lanka's second international airport in Mattala, which is opening next week while its sister budget...
View ArticleSri Lanka legislative change would promote fiscal irresponsibility: legislator
Mar 15, 2013 (LBO) - Proposed changes to law aimed at restraining excessive spending by Sri Lanka's rulers will promote fiscal irresponsibility and also understate the actual budget deficit, a...
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Black money exposé hits private bank stocks ICICI Bank fell 3.9%, HDFC Bank...
Shares of ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank fell on Friday as concerns over a probe into money laundering allegations against them prompted traders to book profits after the rally the previous day....
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