Olive Branch
June 9, 2006 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka plans to repay millions of dollars due to the troubled fuel retailer Lanka IOC, in cash and bonds to meet immediate purchases …
Sri Lanka’s electronic bonds off to a flying start
June 8, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's new electronic platform which trades government bonds has generated 7. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best prices today in …
New Broom
June 08 (LBO) - The newly set up, state-sponsored Lanka Puthra Development Bank is to begin operations by the end of this month, but the bank, which has no …
Cinnamon trees sprout again in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka village
HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Eighteen months after the tsunami uprooted centuries-old cinnamon plantations in a country where the golden cash …
Trade Swap
June 08 (LBO) – The Asia Pacific Trade Agreement between six Asia Pacific countries including Sri Lanka will kick off on July 1 this year, offering deep …
Time not ripe yet for Indian mangoes to hit US
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Americans have to wait probably another year before they can relish succulent Indian mangoes. buy cymbalta online …
Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers talks to protect truce observers break down
OSLO, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Norwegian officials meeting with Sri Lanka government representatives and Tamil Tigers rebels said on Thursday talks broke down when …
Sri Lanka asking Pakistan for swift military assistance: Jane’s
LONDON, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is looking to Pakistan for help to bolster its military capabilities as the ceasefire between the government and rebels …
Upsurge in violence as Sri Lanka parties hold talks in Oslo
June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Violence surged in Sri Lanka with at last 16 people reported killed Thursday hours before talks opened in Oslo between the Colombo …
Blast kills army officer in Sri Lanka, rival Tigers clash
COLOMBO, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a mine in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, killing an army officer, and clashed with a rival …
Collapse of Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers talks to protect truce observers
OSLO, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - Norwegian officials meeting Sri Lanka government representatives and Tamil Tigers rebels said on Thursday the talks broke down when …
Government bonds go online in Sri Lanka
June 7, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Wednesday formally launched an electronic trading platform for government bonds, with the aim of broad basing the ownership of …
Safe Investment
June 7 (Dow Jones) - Sri Lanka's Richard Pieris & Co. said Wednesday it would make a capital gain of 125 million rupees (1.2 million dollars) from the sale of …
Sri Lanka’s tea crop dips 5% in April
June 7, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea crop for the four-months to April grew to an all time high of 2.9 percent or 108.52 million kilos, helped on by good …
Sealed Link
June 07 (LBO) - Authorities in Sri Lanka shut down pay television channel CBNSat which was using satellite communications technology without proper approval, …
Cash Cow
June 7, 2006 (LBO) – Private fixed line operators are among the few trying to lay their hands on the fifth mobile phone license which has come up for …
Five killed in Sri Lanka army attack: rebels
June 7, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected government troops carried out a bomb attack inside rebel-held territory Wednesday, killing at least five civilians and wounding …
Sri Lanka steps up security ahead of Oslo talks
June 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has stepped up security after bomb blasts near the capital raised fears of more attacks, police said Wednesday, as the warring …
Fitch rates Ceylease ‘BBB-(lka)’; asks to beef up capital
June 6, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylease Financial Services - a unit of Bank of Ceylon - needs to pump up its capital to support their low income base and …
Facelift
The newly re-constituted Strategic Enterprises Management Agency (SEMA) says it is reviewing all state institutions under its management and developing action …