Sri Lanka in maritime hub push
Apr 28, 2013 (LBO) - A logistics conference and exhibition pushing Sri Lanka's position as a maritime hub will be flagged off by the island's President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 02, featuring regional...
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Apr 28, 2013 (LBO) - The United States is providing Coast Guard training as part of a maritime security co-operation program, the US embassy in Colombo said. A batch of 20 officers from Sri Lanka's...
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Unilever offers $5.4 bn to raise HUL stake to 75% BS
In the largest-ever open offer by any promoter in India, Unilever Plc on Tuesday announced it planned to spend up to $5.4 billion (Rs 29,202 crore) in cash to increase its stake in its Indian...
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Bengal passes new Bill to check Saradha-like scams BS Reporter | Kolkata
Seeking to rein in chit fund companies operating in the state, the West Bengal government today passed the West Bengal Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Bill, 2013. The...
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Solving Bangalore's water woes Rajiv Rao | Bangalore BS
"The Karnataka government will have to evacuate half of Bangalore in the next 10 years, due to water scarcity, contamination of water and diseases," says Bangalore's latest prophet of doom, V...
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We must counter China's ability to use media dynamics and public psychology...
If you were to purchase from the popular public discourse about developments along India's unresolved frontiers with China, you would end up gnashing your teeth at the brazenness with which our...
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I am part of govt: CBI chief Sinha said that he had shared the status report...
Central Bureau of Investigation Director Ranjit Sinha today said the agency was not an autonomous body, but a part of the government. Sinha also told reporters he had shared the status report of the...
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Panasonic unveils second chapter of India story Viveat Susan Pinto | Mumbai BS
Kazuhiro Tsuga, President & Member of the Board of Director, Panasonic CorporationPanasonic has been in existence in India since 1972, but as a brand it has gained visibility only now. The reason...
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Leaked US draft on Maldives should open eyes of Tamils
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 21:12 GMT]A draft of US defence pact proposed to the Maldives, but leaked to media a few days ago, should open the eyes of Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, in...
View ArticleIndo-US manoeuvrings impact TNA's political future
[TamilNet, Sunday, 28 April 2013, 23:30 GMT]The sophisticated competition between the Establishments of the USA and India in winning Colombo to their side exploiting the plight of the genocide...
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Tamils were not the ‘favoured’ under British colonialism: Theva Rajan
[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 April 2013, 23:44 GMT]It is noted that D S Senanayake advised the British to grant independence to Ceylon early, citing that the Tamils will be problematic as they were...
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Justice Wigneswaran delivers ITAK’s Chelva Memorial Lecture
[TamilNet, Sunday, 28 April 2013, 07:01 GMT]Marking the 36th death anniversary of S.J.V. Chelvanayagam Q.C., Justice C.V. Wigneswaran delivered this year’s Thanthai Chelvanayagam Memorial Lecture,...
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'Human computer' Shakuntala Devi dies at 83
Devi earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1982 after she correctly multiplied two 13-digit numbers in just 28 seconds. (Photo: MarcelClemens/Shutterstock)Quick: What's the cube root...
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Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll passes 400 bbc.com
The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports from Dhaka on the fallout from last week's building collapseThe number of people killed in the collapse of a building in Bangladesh which housed garment...
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TNA vs LTTE – The Northern Provincial Council stakes
May 1, 2013, 8:02 pmby Harim PeirisPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa has been publicly reiterating and recommitting himself to finally holding the long delayed and often postponed Northern Provincial...
View ArticleDanger of holding Northern PC Polls
May 1, 2013, 8:01 pmGovernment is preparing for provincial council elections in the North. Before it irrevocably formalises the process of holding these elections it must carefully consider the danger...
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President’s chief negotiator trapped in no man’s land
*War on terror revisitedMay 1, 2013, 7:56 pmLTTE theoretician Balasingham and wife, Adele pictured seated inside an SLAF Bell 212 at the Army grounds, Colombo. The picture was believed to have been...
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Syria: Sinners stoning sinnersMay 1, 2013, 7:48 pmPresident Barack Obama is behaving more like a restless hawk than a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Accusing the beleaguered Syrian President Bashar...
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Sarabjit Singh Dead in Pakistan
PTI Swapandeep Kaur, daughter of Sarabjit Singh, breaks down while talking to the media at Wagah border on Wednesday. The Indian death row prisoner died in Lahore early Thursday.
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PM condoles Sarabjit’s death; attacks Pak
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday condoled the death of Sarabjit Singh, hailing him as a “brave son of India”, and attacked Pakistan for not heeding to pleas for taking a humanitarian view on...
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