Affordable Rides
October 25, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Wednesday cut retail fuel prices, to ease living costs and inflationary pressures, though the treasury still …
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Sri Lanka’s Tigers seek foreign pressure to avert ‘real war’
ABU DHABI, Oct 25, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels heading for peace talks in Geneva are banking on international pressure on the Sri Lankan …
BPO Ponzi
October 25, 2006 (LBO) - A Ponzi-style fraud that was masquerading as an internet based outsourcing company, shut up shop Wednesday, leaving …
Belgium businessmen hunt in Sri Lanka for investment opportunities
Oct 25, 2006 (LBO) – A group of Belgian investors began a three-day visit in Colombo, scouting for potential investment opportunities to grow …
Hopes for peace at Sri Lanka’s frontline as talks near
TANDIKULAM CHECKPOINT, Sri Lanka, Oct 25, 2006 (AFP) - A long wooden pole laid across the road up ahead marks the start of Sri Lanka's "Tigerland". …
Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers set different agendas for peace talks
Oct 25, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger negotiators have set different agendas for weekend peace talks in Switzerland following months of …
Sri Lanka’s one-year treasury yield at 12.03%
October 25, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s borrowing costs continued to climb up following Wednesday’s weekly treasury bill auction, with …
Europe gives Sri Lanka additional aid for conflict displaced refugees
Oct 25 (LBO) – The European Commission will give Sri Lanka five million Euros or 667 million rupees in emergency aid to help over 200,000 …
Major Update
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24, 2006 (AFP) - Mozilla on Tuesday released a new version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as a free …
Bigger Say
October 25, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s conglomerate John Keells Holdings Ltd Wednesday said it has raised its ownership in port operator …
Sri Lanka airlifts food to stranded people of Jaffna
Oct 25, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has airlifted hundreds of tons of food and other essential items to Jaffna, which was cut off more than two months ago …
Sri Lanka warring parties head for Swiss peace talks
Oct 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government and rebel negotiators headed to Switzerland Tuesday for talks aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire after …
Pay-TV piracy on the rise in Asia: study
HONG KONG, Oct 24, 2006 (AFP) - Pay-TV piracy in Asia is estimated to cost the industry 1. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the …
Choices: Essential or luxury?
October 23, 2006 (LBO) - Recently the government imposed tougher import conditions on non-essential items: …
Sri Lanka rivals secure deal to push for peace
Oct 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party and the opposition agreed Monday to work together towards a political settlement to the island's bloody …
At Hong Kong high-tech cafe, everything is served with microchips
HONG KONG, Oct 23, 2006 (AFP) - With a whir and a flash of lights, a robot whizzes to the restaurant table and takes a customer's order, while a …
Child™s Play
October 23, 2006 (LBO) – The Ceylinco Consolidated Group™s 3-billion rupee state-of-the-art women and children hospital is due to open in …
Jumbo Sizes
Oct 23, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to expand and re-surface its runway to handle jumbo sized A380 airbus aircraft, capitalising on delays that …
Air Zimbabwe hikes fares by 500 percent
HARARE, Oct 23, 2006 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's cash-strapped national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, announced fare increases on Monday of up to 500 percent on both …
Sri Lanka’s Murali, Mahela in ICC award shortlist
MUMBAI, Oct 22 (AFP) - Pakistani paceman Mohammad Asif has been shortlisted for an ICC award despite testing positive for a banned substance, it was …
Holidaymakers sanguine but hoteliers worry after attack in Southern Sri Lanka
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Oct 22(AFP) - Holidaymakers on the beaches around Sri Lanka's southern port of Galle seemed unconcerned about last week's Tamil …
Sporadic fire in Sri Lanka on run up to peace talks
Oct 22(AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels set off a Claymore mine and fired on troops in northern Sri Lanka Sunday, wounding three people, the defence …
Peace brokers face tough battle in clearing way for Sri Lanka peace talks
Oct 22 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's warring parties were bracing for talks aimed at saving a tattered truce, but arranging next weekend's parley is becoming a …
Happy Texting
SINGAPORE, Oct 22, 2006 (AFP) - Text messaging remains the most dominant mode of mobile data communication, as high costs and cumbersome procedures …