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The government is planning to sell more than a billion rupees worth of land via the Colombo Stock Exchange, the newly re-appointed Trade Minister …
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SriLankan Airlines sells Sri Lanka to surfers
Japanese surfers, scuba divers and even mountaineers are finding a sporting paradise in Sri Lanka, traditionally a cultural hotspot among most …
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Sri Lanka Telecom, the island's largest fixedline operator, said Wednesday its group net profits rose 91 percent to Rs. 2.5 billion, for the nine …
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Sri Lanka’s new government takes shape
Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse on Wednesday swore in a 25 member cabinet and named 23 others for non-cabinet ranks, officials said. online …
Marxists, monks out of new Sri Lanka cabinet
Sri Lanka's new president on Wednesday set up a 25-member cabinet which excluded hard-line allies from the Marxist and Buddhist monks' parties in a …
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Mercantile Leasing Limited’s shareholders will go into an emergency meeting next week to approve a deal to merge with group peer Nations Trust …
Appointment of new Sri Lankan cabinet delayed
Sri Lanka's new president delayed swearing in his cabinet Tuesday because of heavy rains, a government spokesman said, although political sources …
Sri Lanka’s new government to continue emergency rule
Sri Lanka's new government will maintain a state of emergency and the national parliament will be asked to ratify the tough laws, officials said. …
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) says patents won’t block access to cheap medicines but local experts are not convinced. online pharmacy buy …
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ADB will help develop more highly skilled workers in Sri Lanka through a new US million loan to improve technical education and vocational training …
Sri Lankan shares tumble after hawkish PM named
Sri Lanka's stock market plunged Monday as the new president appointed a hawkish prime minister, raising concern that the country could resume its …
Sri Lanka get hawkish PM
Sri Lanka's new president Monday appointed a hard-line nationalist as his prime minister, but delayed naming a new cabinet of ministers, a government …
Sri Lanka gets make-love Prime Minister, again
Sri Lanka's flamboyant new Prime Minister carries a war general label, but he also touts one of the most fertile plans to bring peace to the …
Tamils wary of new Sri Lankan president
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka - For Tamils erecting lifesized posters to mark the forthcoming Heroes' Day, when Tiger rebels remember their fallen, the …
Going Three
3G mobile licenses could be on auction as early as first quarter 2006, with a telco watchdog proposed licensing plan currently up for …
High Seas
Cost of trade with the west could rise further with shipping cartels plying the Asia-Europe routs tipped to mark up freight rates from December 2006. …
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Plantation workers are the poorest segment, despite steady flow of tea dollars
Plantation workers are the poorest segment in the country despite tea being an export crop and heavy private sector involvement in its trade. …
Tigers mute as Sri Lanka’s peace hopes dim
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers remained mute on peace talks offered by the new president whom they had dubbed the "war candidate" while a pro-rebel …
Trade chambers call for all parties to work together
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce says free and peaceful poll marred by voter intimidation in the north. Call for candidates to work together but opposition …