Tamils demand action against troops for killing students
Sri Lanka's main Tamil political party Tuesday demanded an independent probe and action against the military for gunning down five Tamil students in …
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Sri Lankan conglomerate John Keells Holdings is planning a US$ 22 million 1000 seat business process outsourcing facility in Delhi, India by April. …
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A committee appointed to draw up a working plan to manage monies coming into the telecom development fund are due to come out with a draft plan by …
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COLOMBO, Jan 2 (AFP) - A powerful bomb exploded in Sri Lanka's restive northeastern town of Trincomalee Monday, killing five people and wounding two, …
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Sri Lanka’s telecom regulator is reviving a long overdue access-code plan coming under the 2003 international voice market liberalization. Sri …
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Sri Lanka's Senkadagala Finance has become the first entity to go for a dual credit rating, when it was rated A3 by Lanka Rating Agency. Sri Lanka's …
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Sri Lanka's Mercantile Leasing Ltd has formally merged with Nations Trust Bank to become 'Nations Leasing', a joint communiqué said Tuesday. online …
Sri Lanka’s Senkadagala Finance goes for dual credit ratings
Sri Lanka's Senkadagala Finance has become the first entity to go for a dual credit rating, when it was rated A3 by Lanka Rating Agency recently. Sri …
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Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank is in talks with the Distilleries Group to sell off part of its stake in National Asset Management Ltd or NAMAL, a top official …
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People's Leasing Co. Ltd has struck a deal with India's Ashok Leyland to import commercial vehicles for its customers. People's Leasing Co. Ltd has …
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Sri Lanka is to double its license fees for lubricant operators and invite more players paving the way for state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corp. online …
Sri Lanka launches new India campaign, as Nov. tourist arrivals dip
Sri Lanka is launching a fresh publicity blitz to entice Indians to spend their summer vacation, as the tropical island struggles to fill up hotel …
Talks key to halting Sri Lanka’s slide to full-scale war: analysts
Sri Lanka could slide back into civil war early in the New Year unless the government and Tamil Tiger rebels agree to meet face-to-face and save …
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Sampath Bank said Friday it has infused more capital into Union Bank which will raise its stakes from 16 to 24 percent. Sampath Bank said Friday it …
Violence destroys Sri Lanka’s post-tsunami tourism revival
BENTOTA, Sri Lanka, Dec 31 (AFP) - Hopes of reviving Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit tourism industry have been crushed by this month's violence that killed …
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Shipping industry watchers say donors could be more receptive to fund the South Port project, with private port operator SAGT loosing its first right …
Year end GDP growth tipped at 5.5 %
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India to finance Colombo-Matara rail and a coal power plant
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Sri Lanka posts post-tsunami growth
Sri Lanka’s economy grew 6.4 percent in the third quarter 2005 on a rebound in the services and industries sectors, improving form the 6 percent …
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The Trade Ministry says NDB Stockbrokers and NDB Investment Bank would be given the task of selling prime Union Place land belonging to Co-operative …
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A long overdue project to modernize hydrographic maps of the sea around Sri Lanka has been bogged down for more than a year, after the research ship …
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Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings said Thursday, it plans to construct a US$ 40 million luxury condominium within its existing Crescat City property, …
Mine blast kills 10 soldiers in Sri Lanka, market plunges
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 10 soldiers and wounded eight Tuesday when they set off a powerful landmine in northern Sri Lanka, a military …