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Mar 20 (AFP) - More than 100 US troops who were stranded in Sri Lanka after their aircraft made an emergency landing last week left the island Monday aboard a …
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Mar. 20 (LBO) – Non-governmental organisations operating in Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit regions has received Rs40.1 billion (US$400 million) in aid for …
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Mar. 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s telecommunications regulator has upheld two private fixed operators’ claim to import handsets duty free, and …
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Mar 17 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka will launch a US$ 1 million ad campaign into India on Saturday, to entice travelers from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore to come …
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Mar. 17 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's top brands, from tea to popular ayurvedic balms could get a listing in a global catalogue of super-brands, by September this year. …
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Mar. 17 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Finance Company Ltd., picked up a A+(sri) credit rating from Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd for their senior unsecured …
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Mar 15 (LBO) - The Treasury inked a deal with China National Machinery and Equipment Corporation on Wednesday, to build a US$ 455 million power plant in …
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Mar. 14 (LBO) – The International Finance Corp. said Tuesday that they have tied up with four Sri Lankan banks to increase access to finance small and …
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Mar. 13 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will push for an open skies agreement with India, on the sidelines of trade talks in May to liberalise service sectors of both …
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Mar13. (LBO) -- Sri Lanka’s accountants have come up with a digital solution to combat the shortage of actuaries in the country. The solution involves …
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Mar13. (LBO) -- Sri Lanka™s public sector unions are threatening a 24hour strike later this week as a dispute over a proposed pay hike continues. online …
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Mar. 13 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's two private wireless local loop telecom operators have been called up to pay around Rs. 400 million as duties for importing …
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Mar. 11 (LBO) - Vanaspati, pepper and haggling over negative lists has pushed back trade talks between India and Sri Lanka on liberalising its service sectors, …
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Mar10. (LBO) -- The government doubled a cess on nonferrous metal exports in a move to keep down raw material costs of small scale brass and copper based metal …
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Mar. 09 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has raised the minimum investment limit by five times to US$250,000 with immediate effect for foreigners operating restaurants, …
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