Developing states aim to lift millions out poverty with new G11 forum
NEW YORK, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Eleven developing economies clubbed together Wednesday to unveil a new forum aimed at easing their debt burden, …
NEW YORK, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Eleven developing economies clubbed together Wednesday to unveil a new forum aimed at easing their debt burden, …
Sept 21 (LBO) – Another round of Indo-Lanka trade talks ended this week, with no firm agreement on resuming controversial duty free exports of …
COLOMBO, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were deployed at a Muslim town in the island's east to quell rioting following the massacre of 10 …
COLOMBO, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Athletes from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal tested positive for banned substances at last month's South Asian …
SINGAPORE, Sept 21, (LBO) – The Singapore government is trying to come up with a single brand identity for the city state, but authorities may …
SINGAPORE, September 20, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is leading a South Asia initiative to study the impact of oil prices and its effects on macro …
Sept 20 (LBO) – The government has offered private traders space on board state chartered vessels carrying food to war torn Jaffna on possible …
SINGAPORE, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has shown economic resilience but needs to end violence to restore much-needed business confidence, the …
COLOMBO, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - The fear of bomb attacks in Sri Lanka following an upsurge in violence has spawned extra security checks, making daily …
COLOMBO, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Three people were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northeast Sri Lanka, police said Wednesday, and a curfew was put …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Payphone operator Tritel Services Limited said Wednesday it would slash outgoing call charges by 33 percent, expanding reach …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Tourist and business traffic from Sri Lanka to Thailand is expected to go on as normal following a military coup there, with …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Millennium Information Technologies (MIT) said Wednesday it had developed an automated trading system for the …
SINGAPORE, September 20 (LBO) –Singapore-based luxury resort and spa chain Banyan Tree has shelved plans for Sri Lanka, as the leisure industry …
SINGAPORE, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - The overthrow of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra marked the culmination of a crisis partly triggered by the …
POTTUVIL, Sept 18 (AFP) - The bodies of 10 Muslim men found hacked to death were buried in the farming village of Pottuvil on Monday as the Tamil …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger targets in the island's east Tuesday, officials said, while rebel mortars …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - A ship suspected of ferrying weapons to Tamil rebels that was sunk by the Sri Lankan military originated in Indonesia …
NEW YORK, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels have stepped up killings of civilians in a surge of violence this year …
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Asia remains a vast area of untapped commercial possibility for cricketing authorities but all the elements are …
SINGAPORE, September 19, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka said Tuesday it was moving towards eliminating oil subsidies that are threatening to blow a …
Sept 19 (LBO) - The controversy over the sudden recall of police investigators probing the GoldQuest scheme took a new turn, with the authorities …
SINGAPORE, September 18, 2006 (LBO) – The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private sector lender, is scaling up …
Sept 18 (LBO) - High commodity prices could up the bargaining power of plantation worker unions, as talks with plantation companies to raise wages, …