World Cup results and tables
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 18, 2007 (AFP) - Results and tables on Sunday in the first round of the 2007 World Cup: Group A At Basseterre, St Kitts Australia …
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Malaysia issues WiMAX licences to four companies
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16, 2007 (AFP) - Malaysia on Friday issued licences to four telecommunication operators to provide fourth generation (4G) wireless high …
LBR-LBO WiE Forum
March 16 (LBO) – Allowing employers and female workers to negotiate a work-family balance is far more effective in practice than laws, Sri Lankan women …
Ocean Lines
Mar 15, 2007 (LBO) –Sri Lanka is to soon begin a survey to re-draw its continental shelf boundary with the help of a British survey company, a top …
Light Rail
March 15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has given a private consortium of Indian and Singaporean firms the green light to develop a firm proposal with financing in …
Sri Lanka’s exports grow but trade deficit widens
March 15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's exports grew by 11.2 percent in January led by industrial exports which surged 15.6 percent, the Central Bank said Friday. …
Marine Land
March 15 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has accepted a proposal to reclaim the sea and develop 450 acres of land alongside the Colombo Port by John Keells Holdings (JKH), a …
Reforms to end Sri Lankan conflict ready next month: FM
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2007 (AFP) - Constitutional reforms aimed at ending three decades of ethnic bloodshed in Sri Lanka could be finalized as early as next …
Moody bats for World Cup minnows
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 15, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody said Wednesday he would not be surprised if the minnows stretched top sides in the …
Sri Lanka looks to raise more tax at local government level
March 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking for ways for local government bodies to collect more taxes to as part of the strategy to take economic …
Bowled Over
March 14 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's power utility is on a drive to provide uninterrupted supply to the country, while facing googlies from depleting hydro …
Windies storm to opening World Cup win
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 13, 2007 (AFP) - West Indies, bidding to become the first host nation to win the World Cup, got their campaign off to a dream start …
Sri Lanka poised for an easy ‘kill’ in Cup opener
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 14, 2007 (AFP) - If ace Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan sends down a 'doosra' in the opening World Cup Group B match …
Asian stocks down sharply as Wall St nerves hit home
HONG KONG, March 14, 2007 (AFP) - Asian stock markets closed sharply lower Wednesday, hit by a fresh round of turmoil after Wall Street tumbled overnight on …
Suntel Sale
March 14 (LBO) – Seven suitors are chasing Sri Lanka's wireless operator Suntel, but its parent Telia of Sweden may even consider a stock market listing …
Petro Law
March 14 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to develop an oil exploration laws and establish a regulatory system with funding from the United States, the US embassy in …
No Skin
March 14, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka banned on Wednesday the use of naked or semi-naked models in advertising, saying it was seeking to protect those offended by …
Health Wins
March 14 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's health service is now detecting tuberculosis patients faster and the infection rate of the once fatal disease is trending down, …
Second Life
March 14 (LBO) – After several false starts, the failed Pramuka Bank would start operations 0n June 01 as the Sri Lanka Savings Bank, the finance …
Sri Lanka sells 100 million dollars worth of rupee gilts to foreigners
March 14 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has sold half of the targeted 20 billion rupees worth of bonds to foreign buyers this year, the country's public debt office said. …