Norway fails to secure deal to lift Jaffna siege
Dec 8, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway failed on Friday to secure an agreement to end a blockade on the Jaffna peninsula where nearly half a …
Dec 8, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway failed on Friday to secure an agreement to end a blockade on the Jaffna peninsula where nearly half a …
December 07, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's NDB Bank Thursday teamed up with global money transfer giant Western Union, to tap the lucrative foreign …
December 07, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is unlikely to reach last year's tea production record, as trade unions strikes on estates since November over a wage …
December 07, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to hire a British survey company to re-draw the island's continental shelf boundary, so that the country can claim …
BRUSSELS, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Political parties and parliaments are seen as the world's most corrupt institutions and governments are not doing enough to …
NEW DELHI, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Europe's Airbus said Thursday it would hike investment in India to at least one billion dollars as it forecast the country would …
BEIJING, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - When Shanghai police broke up a counterfeit pharmaceuticals ring that produced fake Tamiflu in August, it seemed a blow had been …
Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - At least seven civilians and two soldiers were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka hours after the government announced tough anti-terror …
COLOMBO, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has warned that democracy must not come in the way of battling terrorism, after his government moved to …
PARIS, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Western aid groups warned of a growing struggle to help Sri Lankan victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami and of the country's war, …
Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - A powerful explosion blew up a pipeline supplying water to parts of the capital and immediate suburbs, police said Thursday. online …
December, 06 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's treasury bill rates moved up by an average of 19 basis points at this Wednesday's auction on the back of a similar hike …
Dec 06 (LBO) – A holding company that controls Sri Lanka's largest footwear maker DSI, is to issue a 300 million rupee debenture which has been rated …
PARIS, Dec 6, 2006 (AFP) - Slowing activity in the US economy and a possible sudden cooling of overheated property markets are the main threats to the world …
COLOMBO, Dec 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Wednesday invoked tough anti-terror laws targeting the Tamil Tigers, but said it was not banning the rebels and asked …
December 5, 2006 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, the island’s biggest mobile phone operator, retained its AAA (lka) rating, but subscriber growth has …
HELSINKI, Dec 5, 2006 (AFP) - The world's richest two percent of adults own more than half of global household wealth, while half the world's population own …
COLOMBO, Sept 6, 2006 (AFP) - A French charity Tuesday announced it is resuming its operations in Sri lankan, four months after 17 of its local employees were …
Dec 05 (LBO) – Relief Agency the American Red Cross said Tuesday that it will give ten million dollars in cash grants to over 3000 Sri Lankan families to …
COLOMBO, Dec 5, 2006 (AFP) - At least 19 people have been killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka as peace broker Norway cancelled a meeting with Tamil Tiger …