Tiger rebels escape in Sri Lanka jail break
June 4, 2006 (AFP) - Eight inmates, among them two Tamil Tigers being held for firearm offences, broke out of a jail in Sri Lanka's restive eastern province …
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Mine blasts kill two soldiers in Sri Lanka
June 4, 2006 (AFP) - Two soldiers and a bus station guard have been killed in separate attacks in Sri Lanka's troubled northeast, the military said Sunday. …
Sri Lanka warring parties head for Oslo talks
June 4, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's warring parties Sunday sent their respective delegations to Oslo, the capital of peace broker Norway, to discuss the safety of …
Tsunami puts Sri Lanka’s cinnamon industry on a different plane
A budding cinnamon plant that's growing after the tsunami. PERALIYA, June 3, 2006 (LBO) -- Wearing a red crash helmet to beat the sun, Punya Sena crouches on …
Quick Thinking
June 3, 2006 (AFP) - A Thai airways flight from Colombo to Bangkok made an emergency landing Saturday at Sri Lanka's only international airport shortly after …
Sri Lanka to raise dollar bonds to shore up reserves this month
June 2, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka plans to tap the international debt market this month to raise 350 million dollars to shore up official reserves, a top Central …
Bank of Ceylon shops for dollars
June 2, 2006 (LBO) - State-run Bank of Ceylon is actively pursuing to raise around 250 million dollars through a syndicated loan from foreign banks with …
Sri Lankan rupee weakens, while stocks perk despite heavy foreign selling
June 2, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed the week on a high note, while the rupee dipped further against the dollar, as financial markets reacted sharply …
Sri Lanka to offer US$ 250 mn bonds to market this month
June 2, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will offer the first tranche of a medium term bond issue, worth 200 million dollars to market players later this month, as the …
Sri Lanka gets a new country head for World Bank
June 2, 2006 (LBO) – Naoko Ishii will take over as country director of the World Bank in August from the incumbent Peter Harrold, the bank said Friday. …
Bomb fears in Sri Lanka capital trigger appeal
June 2, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Friday sought public support to step up security in the main city of Colombo amid fears of bomb attacks by Tamil …
Sri Lanka pushes Tamil autonomy as US warns against war
COLOMBO, June 2, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president launched talks with opposition parties Friday to hammer out a plan to grant autonomy to separatist Tamil …
Sri Lanka offers Tamil autonomy as US warns against war
June 2, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka moved closer Friday to granting more autonomy to minority Tamils under a new initiative backed by the opposition, as the United …
Beat the heat — with rattlesnake ice cream
TOKYO, June 2, 2006 (AFP) - Anyone for rattlesnake ice cream? Japan is no stranger to bizarre frozen deserts and this year is no exception with cow tongue, …
No Bribes
June 02 (LBO) – A government help line linked up to 20 key state departments is to be rolled out soon, to offer general public information from getting …
Rubber could lose some steam this year, but stay a cash cow
June 02 (LBO) - Overheated rubber prices are expected to settle down from its recent high spell, brokers say, but stocks with high exposure to rubber will …
Illegal Smoke
June 01 (LBO) – Ceylon Tobacco Company together with several hotel associations filed petitions in the Supreme Court on Thursday against proposed laws to …
Collision course
Though Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe are thousands of miles apart and are on two separate continents, but our economic policies have so much in common with that …
driving into poverty
Though Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe are thousands of miles apart and are on two separate continents, but our economic policies have so much in common with that …
Winning Bets
June 1, 2006 (LBO) – John Keells Holdings Ltd., Sri Lanka's second-largest quoted company, had a 34 percent rise in its full-year profit as gains from …