Sri Lankan air strikes violated truce: monitors
Apr. 29 (AFP) - Sri Lanka violated a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels by launching air strikes this week, foreign truce monitors said Saturday, …
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Leaders try to defuse tension in northeastern Sri Lanka
TRINCOMALEE, Apr. 29 (AFP) - Community leaders met in this northeastern Sri Lankan port town Saturday in a bid to defuse tension and suspicion …
Sri Lanka fighting leaves investors jittery
Apr. 28 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's bloodiest bombings in four years have made investors jittery and led to the first-ever downgrade in the island's …
Disappearing tattoos offer help for lovelorn
PARIS, April 26, 2006 (AFP) - Embarrassed by that tattoo with the name of that former lover? Or those characters in Chinese that you believed meant …
UN calls on end to political killings in Sri Lanka
Apr. 28 (AFP) - The United Nations Friday urged both the Sri Lanka government and rebel Tamil Tigers to quickly end the political killings that have …
Sri Lanka police find phone card used by suicide bomber
April 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police have found the mobile phone card used by a female suicide bomber who tried to assassinate the country's army …
Sri Lanka’s April inflation swings up
Apr. 28 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s inflation rate for April rose over consumer demands for bananas, fresh fish, milk foods and vegetables during …
Tigers tell of death, destruction under government bombardment
SAMPUR, Sri Lanka, Apr. 28 (AFP) - Houses in this rebel-held town were deserted and streets eerily empty Friday, three days after Sri Lanka's …
Iranian Shadow
LONDON, Apr. 28 (AFP) - World oil prices eased Friday on receding worries over US motor oil supplies but held above 70 dollars per barrel on rising …
Keeping Pace
Apr. 28 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines Friday said it will raise fuel surcharge on ticket prices by up to 30 dollars from May 5, to partially …
Bombings heap more woes on tsunami-hit Sri Lankan fisherman
MUTTUR, Sri Lanka, Apr. 28 (AFP) - Displaced by the war, displaced by the tsunami, now Kiyathupillai Mohideen is on the move again -- this time after …
Forget tea leaves, Indian fortune teller sees life in a coffee cup
BANGALORE, India, Apr. 28 (AFP) - Tucked away in a nondescript building in india's high-tech city, Nawal Gani sits in her drawing room drying coffee …
Donors press Sri Lankan parties to resume negotiations
OSLO, Apr. 28 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's international donors meeting in Oslo on Friday pressed both rebels and the Sri Lankan government to return to …
Indian regulator cracks down on alleged IPO manipulation
MUMBAI, Apr. 28 (AFP) - Indian shares staged a knee-jerk plunge Friday, then rallied after the stock market regulator cracked down on two dozen …
Sri Lanka: Ethnic melting pot on the boil
Apr. 27 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist conflict is rooted in the nation's history, but the past three decades have been the bloodiest on an …
Sri Lankan exports fall as earnings from clothes decline
Apr.27 (LBO) – Exports from Sri Lanka fell four percent for the two months to February as the island shipped fewer clothes, the central bank …
Sri Lanka aid donors to meet in Oslo
OSLO, Apr. 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main international aid donors will meet in Oslo on Friday to brainstorm on how best to provide assistance …
S&P cuts Sri Lanka Telecom’s credit outlook
Apr. 27 (LBO) - US credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's Thursday cut Sri Lanka Telecom's credit outlook to negative from stable, in the wake of …
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank calls for better fiscal policies to maintain stability
Apr.27 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank has called for better fiscal policies and continued reforms to maintain growth and economic stability, in its …
International rating agencies lower Sri Lanka’s credit outlook
Apr. 27 (LBO) - International rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor's Thursday cut Sri Lanka's credit outlook to negative from stable, reflecting …
Bond yield flat
Apr.27 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank sold 2.85 billion rupees worth of three, four, five and six year bonds Thursday at yields in line with market …
Thousands fleeing air strikes in northeast Sri Lanka: UN
HONG KONG, Apr. 27 (AFP) - Government air strikes in northeast Sri Lanka have caused thousands of people to flee their homes, the United Nations …
United Front
DHAKA, April 27, 2006 (AFP) - Health ministers from seven South Asian nations have decided to develop a common strategy to combat bird-flu in the …
Tigers seek foreign pressure to halt air attacks
Apr. 27 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday pleaded with the international community to pressure Sri Lanka's government to prevent further air …