Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has come under fire after it emerged that tea donated by Sri Lanka for victims of the Beirut blast was distributed instead to families of his presidential guards.
Sri Lankan navy tows stricken tanker away from coast, Indian plane sprays trailing slick
The Sri Lankan navy towed a stricken supertanker away from the Indian Ocean island’s east coast on Wednesday, while an Indian Coast Guard plane sprayed chemical dispersants on a long oil slick that …
Fresh fires on oil tanker off Sri Lanka under control
Fresh fires that erupted on a large oil tanker drifting off Sri Lanka are under control again, the country’s navy said Wednesday. A new blaze broke out Monday on the MT New Diamond, which was carrying …
Kilometre-long Slick Left By Burning Oil Tanker Off Sri Lanka
A stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka that has been on fire since last week has left a kilometre-long (0.6 mile) slick across the Indian Ocean, the country’s navy said Wednesday, sparking fears of an …
Sri Lanka Spots Oil Slick From Fire-Stricken Supertanker
Sri Lanka’s navy said on Tuesday that an oil slick had been spotted a kilometre from a loaded supertanker off the country’s east coast, as efforts to extinguish a fire on board continued. Sri Lankan …
HCL to hire 3,000 people in Sri Lanka in three years
HCL Tech is looking to hire 3,000 people over the next three years at its Sri Lanka software delivery centre.Srimathi Shivashankar, Corporate Vice-President and Programme Director, New Vistas, HCL, …
Diesel fuel found in ocean near Sri Lanka oil tanker fire
An Indian coast guard aircraft has sprayed a special chemical on a patch of diesel fuel near a large oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast where firefighters are battling a new blaze that broke out two day …
Oil Slick From Stricken Supertanker Spotted off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) – An oil slick has been spotted 1 km (half a mile) from a stricken supertanker loaded with crude oil off the east coast of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan navy said on Tuesday. “The ship …
Oil slick spotted off Sri Lanka coast near stricken tanker
An oil slick has been spotted near a burning supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka. Officials had warned they would need help if the vessel started spilling oil as they lacked the proper …
Sri Lanka to be a global innovation hub
In order to establish a knowledge and technology based society, and to make Sri Lanka a global innovation hub, the new government has prioritized the ICT sector, said Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.