Sri Lanka Navy sink Tiger boat
May 5 - (AFP) - A Sri Lankan navy gunboat attacked Tamil Tiger boats off the island's northwestern waters Friday and destroyed at least one craft, military …
More clashes in Sri Lanka ahead of Japanese peace attempt
COLOMBO, May 5 (AFP) - Diplomats prepared to talk peace but on the ground Friday violence escalated in Sri Lanka as military officials reported fresh air and …
Going Upstream
May 2 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is setting up an upstream oil company as the country gets ready to auction several off-shore oil exploration blocks, Petroleum …
Eight killed in fresh Sri Lanka violence
May 4 (AFP) - Two policemen and six others were killed Thursday in separate clashes in northern Sri Lanka where a fragmentation mine also exploded but caused …
New effort under way to prevent graft in tsunami aid
BANGKOK, May 4 (AFP) - A top official for the UN's tsunami recovery effort was meeting Thursday in Bangkok to launch a new drive to improve accountability for …
Media group gives bleak status report on press freedom day
PARIS, May 3 (AFP) - Governments and organisations around the world Wednesday made gestures of support for journalists on World Press Freedom Day, but at least …
Movie piracy costs Hollywood 75 pct more than feared
LOS ANGELES, May 4 (AFP) - Movie piracy costs Hollywood's big studios about 6.1 billion dollars last year, far more than the 3.5 billion dollars the industry …
Man charged with murder after attacks on south Asian stores in London
LONDON, May 4, 2006 (AFP) - An unemployed man has been charged with murder after two shop workers in one of three allegedly racially motivated firebomb attacks …
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May 4 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-owned railway is trying to find money to make urgent repairs to dilapidated tracks, which is forcing trains to run slow. …
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May 4 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to test the limits of smart digital mesh boxes to connect 30 rural homes onto the World Wide Web, officials said. Costing …
Sri Lanka first quarter tea crop at a 5-year high
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Gunmen storm Sri Lanka news office killing two
May 03(AFP) - Gunmen stormed a Tamil newspaper office in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula killing two people and further raising the toll in the bloodiest month …
Bullet-riddled bodies found in northern Sri Lanka
May 3 (AFP) - The bullet-riddled bodies of three men were found at a village in northern Sri Lanka Wednesday as tensions mount in the region, police said. The …
Sri Lanka vows punishment for killers of press workers
May 3 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse marked international press freedom day Wednesday vowing to punish killers of two newspaper workers at a …
Malaysia warns jail for text-messaging behind the wheel
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (AFP) - Malaysian motorists who read or send SMS text messages while behind the wheel face going to jail, authorities warned in a report …
Checking Numbers
May 3 (LBO) – A Chinese construction firm selected to design and build the Colombo-Katunayake expressway submitted their financial proposal last week …
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May 3 (LBO) -- A new ticketing system for Sri Lanka that cuts the paper trail between airlines and travel agents took off Wednesday, with Emirates issuing the …
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May 02 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on Sri Lanka Telecom’s foreign currency debt to negative from stable, but said the rating of BB- remains …
Mixed Results
May 02 (LBO) – Indo-Lanka trade talks hit a roadblock last week with dialogue on trade in goods shelved for later this month, though talks on services …