Promising Rates
Jan. 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is likely to have stable interest rates for at least six months, a top bureaucrat who is central to the country’s …
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After the Eagle
Jan. 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings and Carson Cumberbatch & Co. Ltd have made a joint offer to buy the controlling stake in Eagle …
Ground Zero
Jan. 19 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines has pushed back plans to launch its floatplane ferry service to the North, following increased violence in Jaffna …
Sri Lanka vows talks amid bombs, Norway plays down hopes
Jan. 19 (AFP) - Four people were killed and 40 wounded in bomb attacks in Sri Lanka as Colombo vowed "every endeavour" to revive peace moves, while a …
Borrowing Cheap
Jan.20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans use its sovereign rating and issue up to a billion dollars in overseas bonds this year to pay for key infrastructure …
Coal Options
Jan 20 (LBO) - Work on Sri Lanka’s first 300 MW coal plant is to start in March with Chinese funding, regardless of political pressure, the …
Sri Lanka sends troops as Nordic monitors pull out of Trincomalee
Jan. 18 (AFP) - Sri Lanka poured more troops into the restive northeastern port district of Trincomalee fearing more rebel attacks, as Scandinavian …
Sri Lanka’s trade gap widens 22%
Jan. 19 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's trade deficit has widened by 22 percent to US$ 2. online pharmacy buy neurontin with best prices today in the USA buy …
Green Light
Jan. 19 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ageing rail-network could soon get a new extension, with policymakers this week agreeing to set up a unit to study the …
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Nordic monitors pull out of district after Sri Lanka blasts
Jan 17, 2006 (AFP) - Scandinavian truce monitors on Tuesday indefinitely suspended work in Sri Lanka's northeastern port district of Trincomalee …
100K Connected
Jan 18 (LBO) - Lanka Bell on Wednesday connected its 100,000 customers on its new CDMA network, seven months after its launch, and is now planning …
Long Line
Sri Lanka Telecom will leverage its connection to the recently commissioned SEA ME WE-4 (South East Asia Middle East Western Europe) undersea cable …
Different Tune
Jan. 17 (LBO) - Shell Gas back-pedalled on its decision to cut gas supplies following top level talks with government, but panic buying over the …
Sri Lanka’s import bill gallops ahead of November export earnings
Jan. 17 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's import bill for the eleven months surged ahead of export earnings for the same period last year due to rising energy …
Mine blasts rock Sri Lanka amid fresh bid to save truce
Jan 17, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tiger rebels set off two more mines and fought a gun battle with troops Tuesday as the United Nations urged talks and …
Sri Lanka?s Central Bank maintains policy rates
Jan. 17 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's Central Bank Tuesday left its benchmark interest rates unchanged at current levels as it expects the previous month's …
Three women gunned down in Sri Lanka ahead of peace moves
Jan 16, 2006 (AFP) - Three women relatives of a Tamil Tiger rebel were shot dead by unidentified attackers in northern Sri Lanka ahead of fresh …
Big Cheque
Jan. 16 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday picked up its largest ever cheque from the World Bank for US$ 160 million to develop education and roads, …
In the Dark
Sri Lanka has been slow to track illegal migration, though the island remains a hotbed for human trafficking, the Foreign Employment Bureau said. buy …
Gas Alert
Jan. 16 (LBO) -- Domestic gas supplier Laugfs says it will consider restricting imports, if global prices cross the US$ 600 mark in February and the …
Tigers condemn attack on truce monitors ahead of diplomat visits
Jan 15 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday condemned a bomb attack against Scandinavian truce monitors amid fears of more bloodshed ahead of high-level …
Sri Lanka plans new security force for capital
Jan 15, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans a new security force in the capital to deal with possible attacks as concern grows for a fragile ceasefire with …
Blast hits truce monitors amid war warnings in Sri Lanka
Scandinavian truce monitors suffered a bomb attack in Sri Lanka early Saturday as a packed army bus narrowly escaped a mine blast amid growing calls …