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Probe Call
GENEVA, August 28, 2009 (AFP) – A United Nations expert on Friday urged the Sri Lankan government to set up an independent probe into the authencity of a video clip aired in Britain allegedly showing Sri Lankan troops executing prisoners. Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said Colombo had […]
Sri Lanka set Kiwis 494 to win final Test
August 29, 2009 (AFP) – New Zealand were set a target of 494 runs to win the final Test after Sri Lanka declared their second innings at 311-5 in the post-lunch session on the fourth day on Saturday.The declaration came as soon as Mahela Jayawardene was dismissed for 96. Sri Lanka are looking for a […]
Sri Lanka forex reserves at US$3.9bn with new IMF allocation
Aug 28, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves rose to 3.9 billion US dollars after receiving the equivalent of 475 million US dollar under a new allocation International Monetary Fund reserves, the Central Bank said. Sri Lanka’s reserves have now topped a 3.5 billion dollar peak reached in September 2008. In August 07, […]
Sri Lankan stocks up 0.52-pct
Aug 28, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed up 0.5 percent Friday with banks and hotel sector shares driving gains, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed up 0.52 percent (13.46 points) to close at 2,601.50 while the Milanka index of liquid stocks gained 1.0 percent (29.34 points) to close […]
Upgrade
Aug 28, 2009 (LBO) – RAM Ratings Lanka has upgraded the long-term rating of LB Finance (LBF) by one notch to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘ with a ‘stable’ outlook and its short term ‘P3’ rating has been confirmed. LBF’s return on assets (ROA) rose to 4.49 percent by March 2009 (end-March 2008: 4.01 percent) and return […]
Sri Lanka columnist shortlisted for Bastiat online journalism prize
Aug 28, 2009 (LBO) – Rohan Samarajiva, who writes Lanka Business Online’s ‘Choices’ column has been shortlisted for the 2009 Bastiat Prize for online journalism along with two others who write for Britain’s Telegraph and US based Forbes. Samarajiva, who heads LirneAsia, a policy research body, has been writing LBO’s widely read ‘Choices’ column from […]
Sri Lankans ask whether the US is a socialist state
Aug 28, 2009 (LBO) – Sweeping ‘nationalization’ of collapsing banks, state mandated mortgage lending and centrally planned interest rates has made the USA a socialist state, Sri Lankan viewers of a film on the US economic collapse said.Paulson, the multitude of bankers and financial journalists repeatedly said in the film, had made ‘mistakes,’ in being […]
Sri Lankan shares up 1.37-pct
Aug 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed up on Thursday led by hotel stocks and index-heavy John Keells Holdings which close up despite foreign selling, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed up 1.37 percent (35.01 points) to close at 2,588.04 while the Milanka index of liquid stocks gained […]
Larger Bench
Aug 27, 2009 (LBO) – A case where Sri Lanka’s former Treasury Secretary is seeking permission to return to public service from which he was ousted by court, will be taken up before an expanded bench, lawyers said. Gamini Amaratunga, a serving judge was a part of the bench that delivered the original judgement on […]
Tele Rate
Aug 27, 2009 (LBO) – Standard and Poor’s has lifted the outlook of Sri Lanka Telecom’s (SLT) rating to ‘stable’ from negative, shortly after the host country’s outlook on its ‘B’ sovereign rating was lifted. “The stable outlook on SLT reflects the country risk factors,” S&P said. “Any downward movement of the sovereign ratings could […]