Nordic monitors pull out of district after Sri Lanka blasts
Jan 17, 2006 (AFP) - Scandinavian truce monitors on Tuesday indefinitely suspended work in Sri Lanka's northeastern port district of Trincomalee …
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Sri Lanka?s Central Bank maintains policy rates
Jan. 17 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's Central Bank Tuesday left its benchmark interest rates unchanged at current levels as it expects the previous month's …
Sri Lanka’s import bill gallops ahead of November export earnings
Jan. 17 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's import bill for the eleven months surged ahead of export earnings for the same period last year due to rising energy …
Mine blasts rock Sri Lanka amid fresh bid to save truce
Jan 17, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tiger rebels set off two more mines and fought a gun battle with troops Tuesday as the United Nations urged talks and …
In the Dark
Sri Lanka has been slow to track illegal migration, though the island remains a hotbed for human trafficking, the Foreign Employment Bureau said. buy …
Big Cheque
Jan. 16 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday picked up its largest ever cheque from the World Bank for US$ 160 million to develop education and roads, …
Gas Alert
Jan. 16 (LBO) -- Domestic gas supplier Laugfs says it will consider restricting imports, if global prices cross the US$ 600 mark in February and the …
Three women gunned down in Sri Lanka ahead of peace moves
Jan 16, 2006 (AFP) - Three women relatives of a Tamil Tiger rebel were shot dead by unidentified attackers in northern Sri Lanka ahead of fresh …
Tigers condemn attack on truce monitors ahead of diplomat visits
Jan 15 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday condemned a bomb attack against Scandinavian truce monitors amid fears of more bloodshed ahead of high-level …
Sri Lanka plans new security force for capital
Jan 15, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans a new security force in the capital to deal with possible attacks as concern grows for a fragile ceasefire with …
Blast hits truce monitors amid war warnings in Sri Lanka
Scandinavian truce monitors suffered a bomb attack in Sri Lanka early Saturday as a packed army bus narrowly escaped a mine blast amid growing calls …
The British cuppa becomes an official icon
LONDON, Jan 9 (AFP) - The cup of tea, that staple of everyday English life for centuries, officially became a national icon Monday as the British …
Mine blast kills nine sailors as Sri Lanka vows no war
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday blew up a navy bus, killing 10 sailors in fresh bloodshed as Sri Lanka vowed it will not return to war with the …
Sri Lanka delays plans for migrant bond issue
Jan 14 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plans to raise US$ 100 million worth of bonds from expatriate countrymen next month, is likely to get delayed until March, …
Sri Lanka begins the process of ratifying SAFTA
Jan. 13 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's cabinet agrees to ratify South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), paving the way for its implementation later this year, …
Weekend Disruption
Jan 13 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's supplies of oil, wheat and cement from the Northern town of Trincomalee has been disrupted since Thursday, following a …
Peace monitors call for action to halt war in Sri Lanka
Scandinavian truce monitors Friday blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for a wave of mine attacks that has killed dozens of troops and called for urgent action …
Sri Lanka’s truce monitors raps government on paramilitary groups
Jan. 13 (LBO) – Giving voice to the unspoken thoughts of most ordinary citizens of the country, Sri Lanka's truce monitors have questioned whether …
Spilleth Over
Jan 13 (LBO) - The largest storage reservoir in the Sri Lankan hydro – electrical generation system spilled early Friday morning, for the first …
Sri Lanka’s Tigers seek military upper hand ahead of talks
Tamil Tiger rebels, blamed for a series of deadly attacks on Sri Lankan troops, are battling to gain the upper hand over the military ahead of a new …
Peace monitors warn of war in Sri Lanka amid new blast
A packed army bus narrowly escaped a mine blast in Sri Lanka on Friday as truce monitors pointed the finger at Tiger rebels for a wave of deadly …
Influx of Lankan refugees continues
Rameswaram (TN), Jan 13 (PTI) The influx of refugees continued for the second day today with a group of nine Sri Lankan Tamils arriving here this …
More EU aid for Sri Lanka, if peace prevails.
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Fitch Ratings downgrades State Mortgage & Investment Bank
Sri Lanka's State Mortgage & Investment Bank (SMIB) was downgraded by Fitch Ratings Lanka to A (sri) on deteriorating asset quality, and its …