09/08/2010
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InterPress Service, IPS
COLOMBO, Sep 8, 2010 (IPS) - The European Union’s decision to suspend trade preferences for Sri Lankan exports may have finally come into force, but the island nation is not budging an inch on any of the powerful bloc’s recommendations on its controversial human rights record.
China, GSP+, human rights, India, trade
09/07/2010
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WSJ.com
NEW DELHI -- SpiceJet Ltd. said Tuesday it will start flights to two overseas destinations in October, making it the first Indian budget carrier to fly internationally.
09/06/2010
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ColomboPage
Sept 06, Colombo: The Indian Army Chief, General Vijay Kumar Singh, who arrived in Colombo Sunday on a five-day official visit, called on Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President's House Monday morning for discussions.
09/05/2010
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Sunday Times
The continued intrusion of Indian fishermen into Sri Lankan territorial waters has become an impediment to fishermen in the north who are now enjoying unrestricted access to the seas in the area after nearly three decades.
09/02/2010
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Times of India
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S M Krishna will visit Sri Lanka soon for a first-hand view of the situation there as India tries to expedite the resettlement process in the island nation. Government officials said Krishna's visit is likely to take place by the end of this month or early October.
09/02/2010
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The Hindu
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday said Indian investor interest in Sri Lanka was rapidly growing and several leading Indian entrepreneurs in industry and other sectors had expressed interest in setting up business on the island.
09/01/2010
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Hindustan Times
India on Wednesday rejected reports that it was bringing its own nationals to Sri Lanka to carry out reconstruction work in the war-ravaged northern districts. Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao, on a three-day visit to the Island nation, categorically denied that there was any move to bring in Indian labour for reconstruction work here. Construction of houses and other reconstruction work that India was helping Sri Lanka with was being done with local help, Rao reiterated.
09/01/2010
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Himal Southasian
S Thavaratnam, chairman of the Jaffna District Fishermen’s Cooperative Society Unions Federation, played a significant role in unionising fishermen in northern Sri Lanka, starting in the mid-1970s. At that time, small unions were established in every fishing village across the Northern Province. As the civil war took hold, however, communication across villages became difficult and the federation was disrupted, and the unions in the Jaffna District functioned as a smaller federation. Thavaratnam became the president of that federation in 1995. He recently spoke with Himal contributing editor Ahilan Kadirgamar, and explained the impact of the civil war on the fishing industry, the problem of South Indian trawlers encroaching on Sri Lankan waters, and the need for more advanced boats. Translated from the Tamil.
09/01/2010
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The Hindu
COLOMBO: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Tuesday visited Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Jaffna for a firsthand assessment of the Indian assistance and the situation of the resettled Tamils.
08/31/2010
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Sify
India on Tuesday assured all kinds of assistance to Sri Lanka's war-displaced Tamils during the visit of Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who visited the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and their families to get an overview of the process of resettlement.