Sri Lanka in talks with Russia to lower tea import duties
June 09 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is in talks with Russia to lower import duties on tea, as Russia begins freeing up trade in a bid to enter the World Trade …
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Norway blames Tamil Tigers for failed talks
OSLO, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Norway on Thursday officially declared talks between Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers to improve the security of foreign …
Time not ripe yet for Indian mangoes to hit US
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Americans have to wait probably another year before they can relish succulent Indian mangoes. buy cymbalta online …
Collapse of Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers talks to protect truce observers
OSLO, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Norwegian officials meeting Sri Lanka government representatives and Tamil Tigers rebels said on Thursday the talks broke …
Blast kills army officer in Sri Lanka, rival Tigers clash
COLOMBO, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a mine in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, killing an army officer, and clashed with a …
Trade Swap
June 08 (LBO) – The Asia Pacific Trade Agreement between six Asia Pacific countries including Sri Lanka will kick off on July 1 this year, …
Upsurge in violence as Sri Lanka parties hold talks in Oslo
June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Violence surged in Sri Lanka with at last 16 people reported killed Thursday hours before talks opened in Oslo between the …
Sri Lanka’s electronic bonds off to a flying start
June 8, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's new electronic platform which trades government bonds has generated 7. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best prices …
Cinnamon trees sprout again in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka village
HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Eighteen months after the tsunami uprooted centuries-old cinnamon plantations in a country where the …
Lies or the bitter truth?
June 8, 2006 (LBO) – Some time ago I wrote a column http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/normal-or-peculiar-standard-time/ about changing the time …
Sri Lanka asking Pakistan for swift military assistance: Jane’s
LONDON, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is looking to Pakistan for help to bolster its military capabilities as the ceasefire between the government …
Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers talks to protect truce observers break down
OSLO, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Norwegian officials meeting with Sri Lanka government representatives and Tamil Tigers rebels said on Thursday talks broke …
New Broom
June 08 (LBO) - The newly set up, state-sponsored Lanka Puthra Development Bank is to begin operations by the end of this month, but the bank, which …
Sealed Link
June 07 (LBO) - Authorities in Sri Lanka shut down pay television channel CBNSat which was using satellite communications technology without proper …
Government bonds go online in Sri Lanka
June 7, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Wednesday formally launched an electronic trading platform for government bonds, with the aim of broad basing the …
Sri Lanka’s tea crop dips 5% in April
June 7, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea crop for the four-months to April grew to an all time high of 2.9 percent or 108.52 million kilos, helped on by …
Sri Lanka steps up security ahead of Oslo talks
June 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has stepped up security after bomb blasts near the capital raised fears of more attacks, police said Wednesday, as the …
Five killed in Sri Lanka army attack: rebels
June 7, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected government troops carried out a bomb attack inside rebel-held territory Wednesday, killing at least five civilians and …
Safe Investment
June 7 (Dow Jones) - Sri Lanka's Richard Pieris & Co. said Wednesday it would make a capital gain of 125 million rupees (1.2 million dollars) from …
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June 7, 2006 (LBO) – Private fixed line operators are among the few trying to lay their hands on the fifth mobile phone license which has come …
Oil Strikes
NEW DELHI, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - A sharp hike in Indian fuel prices sparked uproar against the government Tuesday as both its communist allies and the …
Desperate Times
June 06 (LBO) – Lanka Indian Oil Corporation has asked the Treasury for a billion rupees of its unpaid subsidy bill to buy fuel, as petrol …
Fitch rates Ceylease ‘BBB-(lka)’; asks to beef up capital
June 6, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylease Financial Services - a unit of Bank of Ceylon - needs to pump up its capital to support their low income …
Bomb blasts rock Sri Lanka navy base amid peace moves
COLOMBO, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil rebels exploded bombs outside a naval base near Sri Lanka's capital Tuesday, wounding two people while …