Sri Lanka’s Central Bank reports highest ever cash outlay last week
Apr.19 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank issued 165 billion rupees in cash, the highest ever so far, to meet last week's New Year shopping spree, an …
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Oil For Poor
TEHRAN, Iran, Apr.19 (AFP) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on oil producers, in particular fellow OPEC members, to sell a part of …
Treasury yields creep up
Apr.19 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's Central Bank sold 8,395 million rupees in treasury bills Wednesday at slightly higher yields above the previous week's, …
Agonizing Wait
Apr.18 (LBO) – Sri Lankan banks have asked for extra time to implement a tax on credit card transactions, as the new stamp duty law is riddled …
Gunbattle in Sri Lanka as Norway moves to save truce
Apr. 18 (AFP) - Troops found more Claymore mines in Sri Lanka Tuesday after suspected Tiger rebels attacked police and killed a constable amid moves …
Norwegian mediator ‘frustrated’ by Sri Lankan parties
OSLO, Apr.18 (AFP) - The main mediator in the Sri Lankan conflict, Erik Solheim of Norway, said Tuesday he was frustrated by the government's and …
Sri Lanka offers compromise to save peace bid
Apr.18 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday agreed to helicopter rides for Tiger rebels in a bid to clear the way for truce talks as peace broker Norway sent an …
Get on and play, Gavaskar tells cricket burnouts
NEW DELHI, Apr. 18 (AFP) - Indian great Sunil Gavaskar scoffed Tuesday at suggestions excessive cricket was burning players out, saying the hard …
Historic Highs
LONDON, Apr.18 (AFP) - World oil prices hit record peaks on Tuesday above 72. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA 0 …
Bombs kills eight in Sri Lanka, Norway in fresh salvage bid
Apr. 17 (AFP) - At least eight people were killed in a wave of blasts in Sri Lanka Monday as Tiger rebels suspended their participation in ceasefire …
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank scrambles to satisfy unprecedented cash demand
Apr.17 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s Central Bank scrambled to cater to an unusually heavy demand for currency notes over the April festive holiday …
Sri Lanka blasts kill eight as Tigers suspend peace talks
Apr.17 (AFP) - At least eight people were killed in two separate mine blasts in northern Sri Lanka Monday, hours after Tiger rebels announced they …
Loco Rent
Apr.17 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Railways is planning to rent locomotives from India, Transport Minister A H M Fowzie said …
Child soldier killed in Sri Lanka mine attack: UNICEF
Apr.17 (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger child soldier has been killed in a Claymore mine blast in northern Sri Lanka, the UN agency for children said Monday. …
Blasts dim Sri Lanka peace hopes amid fresh attacks
Apr.16 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday wounded two soldiers with a landmine attack in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula, the defence …
Sri Lanka peace hopes dim as Tigers suspend Swiss talks
Apr. 16 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels Sunday suspended their participation at Swiss talks on saving their troubled truce, dimming prospects for …
Sri Lanka raises retail fuel prices from midnight
Apr.15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices by Rs.8.00 from midnight Saturday after a 10-month lag as world crude oil prices raced to US$ 70 …
Mines found in Sri Lanka ahead of talks
Apr.15 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops arrested a man trying to plant two Claymore mines near a military checkpoint Saturday as peace broker Norway …
Sri Lanka says doubts rebels want talks to save ceasefire
Apr.15 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Saturday expressed "serious doubts" about whether Tamil Tiger rebels want to go ahead with talks due to be held in …
Sri Lanka truce talks dim as blasts kill seven
Apr. 15 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tigers detonated two mines in Sri Lanka Saturday, killing seven security personnel as both the government and the …
New Year Gift
Apr.15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices by Rs.8.00 from midnight Saturday after a 10-month lag as world crude oil prices raced to US$ 70 per …
Falling Short
WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 (AFP) - Rising fuel and materials prices and skilled labor shortages are expected to push reconstruction costs for the deadly …
Norway clinches new dates for Sri Lanka talks
Apr.14 (AFP) - Peace broker Norway announced Friday that talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tiger rebels, under threat from a new wave of …
Blast and curfew mars Sri Lanka’s New Year
Apr.14 (AFP) - Two people were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka's restive east on the traditional New Year day Friday and an indefinite curfew …