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December 8, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Friday gave banks extra time till 2009 to top up their capital by five times, the Central Bank said, as some banks …
December 8, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Friday gave banks extra time till 2009 to top up their capital by five times, the Central Bank said, as some banks …
December 08, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition party has said the government should investigate suspected money laundering transactions in the …
December 07, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to hire a British survey company to re-draw the island's continental shelf boundary, so that the country can claim …
December 07, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is unlikely to reach last year's tea production record, as trade unions strikes on estates since November over a wage …
December 07, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's NDB Bank Thursday teamed up with global money transfer giant Western Union, to tap the lucrative foreign …
Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - A powerful explosion blew up a pipeline supplying water to parts of the capital and immediate suburbs, police said Thursday. online …
PARIS, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Western aid groups warned of a growing struggle to help Sri Lankan victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami and of the country's war, …
COLOMBO, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has warned that democracy must not come in the way of battling terrorism, after his government moved to …
Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - At least seven civilians and two soldiers were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka hours after the government announced tough anti-terror …
BEIJING, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - When Shanghai police broke up a counterfeit pharmaceuticals ring that produced fake Tamiflu in August, it seemed a blow had been …
NEW DELHI, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Europe's Airbus said Thursday it would hike investment in India to at least one billion dollars as it forecast the country would …
BRUSSELS, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Political parties and parliaments are seen as the world's most corrupt institutions and governments are not doing enough to …
COLOMBO, Dec 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Wednesday invoked tough anti-terror laws targeting the Tamil Tigers, but said it was not banning the rebels and asked …
PARIS, Dec 6, 2006 (AFP) - Slowing activity in the US economy and a possible sudden cooling of overheated property markets are the main threats to the world …
Dec 06 (LBO) – A holding company that controls Sri Lanka's largest footwear maker DSI, is to issue a 300 million rupee debenture which has been rated …
December, 06 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's treasury bill rates moved up by an average of 19 basis points at this Wednesday's auction on the back of a similar hike …
December 5, 2006 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, the island’s biggest mobile phone operator, retained its AAA (lka) rating, but subscriber growth has …
November, 05 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's finance ministry said Tuesday it was cutting duty on imported potatoes and onions in a bid to control rising food prices …
Dec 05 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's small hydro developers are in talks with the government for a new electricity tariff, to be finalised in about a month, as …
COLOMBO, Dec 5, 2006 (AFP) - At least 19 people have been killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka as peace broker Norway cancelled a meeting with Tamil Tiger …