We never nicknamed Amla a “terrorist”, say South African team-mates
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - South Africa's cricket team on Sunday ridiculed suggestions they had nicknamed Muslim team-mate Hashim Amla a …
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Thin Client
August 13 (LBO) - A Sri Lanka-based securities trading platform maker says it is planning to market software on a transaction-based fee model next …
Running battle raise war fears in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels traded artillery fire Sunday, a day after at least 177 people were killed in …
Sri Lanka says ready to talk peace as fighting rages
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels waged artillery and ground battles Sunday as the weekend death toll rose to …
Fighting cuts off Jaffna from rest of Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula has been cut off from the rest of the island as hundreds of residents try to flee …
Tigers deny peace offer as weekend fighting leaves 186 dead
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels fought ground battles and artillery duels Sunday as the weekend death toll …
Heavy shelling in Sri Lanka as fresh fighting flares
COLOMBO, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels shelled each other's positions in the island's embattled northeast Saturday, …
International donors express serious concern over Sri Lankan crisis
WASHINGTON, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's international donors have expressed serious concern over a growing humanitarian crisis stemming from the …
Sri Lankan Muslims say fighting has further marginalized them
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - At an overcrowded mosque in Sri Lanka's northeast, thousands of Muslim refugees displaced by fighting …
Three killed handling unexploded mortar in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Three villagers were killed in Sri Lanka on Friday when they tried to prise open an unexploded mortar found near a …
French charity vows to “get to bottom” of Sri Lanka massacre
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - The head of a French charity vowed Friday to "get to the bottom" of the massacre of 17 employees in Sri Lanka and said …
Fighting in Jaffna, Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger base: rebels
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops shelled Tamil Tiger positions in the northern peninsula of Jaffna Friday shortly after launching air …
Bloggers Heaven
PARIS, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Fifty million blogs -- online multi-media journals -- were tracked on the Internet last month, a 100-fold increase over …
Sri Lanka faces refugee crisis as fighting erupts on two new fronts
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tigers Friday warned of a humanitarian crisis after 42,000 people were displaced by a surge in violence that has …
Dial Free
Aug11 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Telecom’s mobile subsidiary Mobitel just launched aggressive new post-paid tariffs, on the heels of a licence to also …
Harrods designs Ceylon teas from Sri Lanka
Aug 11 (LBO) - A top UK department store says it is expanding its selection of up market Ceylon Teas by introducing more custom made designer teas …
Sri Lanka government raises US $ 175 million dollars
August11 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan government 3-year dollar bond issue had been more than twice oversubscribed allowing the government to raise more money …
Passengers face delays, extra checks at Asian airports
HONG KONG, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Passengers at Asian airports faced delays and were stopped from taking electronics and liquids on board US-bound …
Big Favours
August 11 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Board of Investment is to expand a selective list of exporters and importers who get Green Channel or speedy …
Bankers’ Cry
Sri Lanka’s banks are asking authorities to revive stalled plans to strengthen the Credit Information Bureau (CRIB), while the sector is also …
PCs still changing the world at 25 years old
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - Personal computers have transformed society in a mere 25 years and they are just getting warmed up. online …
Widow of aid worker appeals for truth about Sri Lanka massacre
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - S. Ganesh was a 16-year veteran aid worker who had followed Sri Lanka's Tamil insurgency since it began, …
Done Deal
August 10 (LBO) – John Keells Holdings said Thursday that it bought up about a million shares or just over an eleven percent stake in …
Sri Lanka looks at reviving sovereign bond issue : CB Governor
Aug 10 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is looking at reviving a sovereign bond issue, which was shelved earlier this year, to raise medium term dollars, Central …