Sri Lanka stockbrokers launch website, ethics code
Apr 03, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Colombo Stockbrokers Association launched a website and unveiled a code of ethics which officials said would improve professional standards and investor confidence. "By...
View ArticleVeteran Sri Lankan banker steps down from HNB
Apr 03, 2013 (LBO) - Rajendra Theagarajah, managing director and chief executive officer of Hatton National Bank will retire from June 20, to be replaced by deputy chief executive Jonathan Alles. HNB...
View ArticleBy Rohan Samarajiva Reimagining public transport in Sri Lanka
Apr 02, 2013 (LBO) - Last week, I had the opportunity to moderate a powerful expert panel on transport at the LBO-LBR CEO Forum. Below is a revised version of the note that I circulated to the...
View ArticleSri Lanka hydro power output up, demand weak
Apr 02, 2013 (LBO) - Hydro power generation has picked up sharply in Sri Lanka allowing state-run Ceylon Electricity Board to cut thermal power, while demand was barely growing in January 2013,...
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Banking crisis in Cyprus and lessons for SL
April 2, 2013, 8:01 pmPeople wait outside of a branch of Bank of Cyprus in Nicosia, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Bank branches across the country were being replenished with cash, and are scheduled to...
View ArticleTamil Nadu and SL cricketers
April 2, 2013, 8:03 pmThere are many calls even from respected individuals advising the Sri Lankan cricketers to boycott the IPL. The issue here is the persona non grata status imposed by the Tamil...
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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s statement
April 2, 2013, 8:03 pm"The ongoing crisis in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, over accountability issues here, should discourage those pushing for devolution of power under the 13th Amendment...
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Ominous threat to democratic process in North
April 2, 2013, 7:48 pmJaffna Public Libraryby Lynn OckerszThe lessons of history seem to be going a begging. The steady dismantling and throttling of democratic institutions in a major way in this...
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Terror advances to the heartland
War on terror revisitedApril 2, 2013, 7:49 pmThe blast siteBy Shamindra FerdinandoThe Operational Headquarters of the Defence Ministry at Flower Road scheduled a special meeting for the morning of...
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It is time for a new Indo-Lanka agreement
April 2, 2013, 7:52 pmThe signing of the India-Sri Lanka Agreement 1987, also known as the Rajiv-Jayawardene Accordby K. GodageWe in Sri Lanka are shocked and disappointed at the recent statement of...
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Probe Matale mass graveApril 2, 2013, 7:48 pmHaving blown hot and cold on the Matale mass grave for weeks, the JVP has finally called for a probe even at the risk of opening up a can of worms for...
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Facebook legal tangle over 'timeline' deepens Associated Press Chicago
|PHOTO: APA Chicago-based social media company called Timelines Inc can sue Facebook Inc over allegations that it violated the smaller firm's trademark on the word 'timeline', a federal judge...
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Mikhail Prokhorov: Business Tycoon to Billionaire President? by Katya Soldak
Image: David Yellen For ForbesMikhail Prokhorov is in town in early February for just a couple of nights, as usual, to watch his Brooklyn Nets When billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, alpha oligarch and...
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India protests over student's death in Calcutta
Peaceful demonstrations have been held to protest against Mr Gupta's deathThere have been protests in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta over the death of a young man, belonging to a Communist...
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North Korea 'moves mid-range missile'
North Korean state television reported the threat to the USNorth Korea has shifted a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's foreign minister says.Kim Kwan-jin played down...
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Will Mozambique end up like Nigeria or Norway?
By Alexis AkwagyiramBBC NewsThe 2011 discovery of a major off-shore gas field, combined with extensive coal reserves inland, has prompted some to suggest that Mozambique, one of the world's poorest...
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Hewlett-Packard chairman Raymond Lane steps down
Hewlett-Packard has announced a boardroom shake-up that includes its chairman Raymond Lane stepping down.Mr Lane was re-elected by only 58.8% of shareholder votes at last month's annual meeting. In an...
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Queen honoured with Bafta award for film and TV support
The Queen was presented with her Bafta by Sir Kenneth BranaghThe Queen has received an honorary Bafta for her lifelong support of the British film and television industry.The actor Sir Kenneth Branagh...
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Gazan heads to Oxford University on unusual scholarship
By Jon DonnisonBBC News, Gaza CityThe scholarship offers Rawan Yaghi a life-changing opportunityRawan Yaghi is a bookish 19 year old who, appropriately for a student of literature, arrives to meet me...
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Bloggers in Bangladesh protest over arrest of writers
Computer screens in Bangladesh on Thursday displayed off-line messagesEight popular Bangladeshi bloggers have blacked out their websites as part of a 24-hour protest over the arrests this week of four...
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