Costly Plastic
Mar. 30 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's treasury secretary P B Jayasundara has asked the two state banks to step up credit card sales to public servants, following …
Buying Time
Mar. 30 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon Thursday put off its annual and extraordinary general meetings till next week, as shareholder …
Rubber, tea prices boost Kelani Valley sales
Mar. 30 (LBO) - Kelani Valley Plantations Ltd and its subsidiary companies have reported healthy increase in turnover for the financial year ended December 31, …
Neat Fit
Mar. 30 (LBO) - The open source middleware start up WSO2 said Thursday that its WSO2 Tungsten product is fully interoperable with Microsoft's upcoming Vista …
Low turnout in Sri Lanka local polls
Mar. 30 (AFP) - A low turnout marred municipal elections in Sri Lanka Thursday after a campaign which unexpectedly focused on local issues instead of the usual …
Sri Lanka peace bid side-lined in local vote
Mar.30 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday voted at local elections after a lack-lustre campaign where even the usually divisive peace process was pushed to the …
Sri Lanka rights body facing collapse, watchdog warns
Mar.30 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's independent human rights watchdog may collapse as the government has failed to replace the outgoing panel of commissioners, the …
Sri Lanka votes in local poll
Mar.30 (AFP) - Sri Lankans were voting Thursday to elect local government bodies, but there was no balloting in the island's embattled northern and eastern …
Tigers seek security guarantees to attend Swiss talks
Mar. 30 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday demanded guarantees of safe passage through Sri Lanka's only international airport to attend Swiss talks next month …
Mediator tells Sri Lankan parties to keep ceasefire promise
LONDON, Mar. 29 (AFP) - The main mediator in the long-standing conflict in Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim of Norway, on Wednesday called for the government and Tamil …
Expensive Joke
Mar. 29 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will introduce stamp duties from April on a range of services like credit cards, leasing and insurance policies, as the …
Extended Invitation
Mar. 29 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Department of Inland Revenue is giving three extra months to pay back-taxes without facing penalties. online pharmacy buy strattera …
Filling Gaps
A fast track program to give non-tech graduates jobs in the IT field has paid off, with a first batch of students finding full time work in top companies. …
Sri Lanka’s top Nordic peace envoys to visit the island next week
Mar. 29 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Nordic peace envoys will visit the island next week for a series of meetings with the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels, …
Tsunami helped to create peace, say UN experts
BONN, Mar.28 (AFP) - Wars were one of the main problems hampering efforts to save lives in natural disasters but catastrophes like the Asian tsunami have …
Sri Lanka vows talks despite sinking of navy craft
Mar. 29 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government Wednesday pledged to continue talks with Tamil Tiger rebels despite the killing of eight sailors in a suicide blast and …
Post-tsunami boat building not up to par: FAO
ROME, Mar. 28 (AFP) - Thousands of replacement fishing vessels constructed since the Asian tsunami of December 26, 2004 are unsafe and flat-out dangerous, the …
Sri Lanka mediator to meet rebel negotiator
OSLO, Mar. 28 (AFP) - The top mediator in Sri Lanka's peace process, Erik Solheim of Norway, will meet with the rebels' leading negotiator in London on …
Damage Control
Mar. 27 (LBO) - Sri Lanka may impose a cess of up to 10 percent on imports to plug a loss in tax revenues, when import tariffs are lowered in April under the …
Sri Lanka bans fishing after gunboat sinking
Mar. 27 (AFP) - Sri Lanka banned deep-sea fishing off its troubled northern coast from Monday, two days after Tiger rebels blew up a navy gunboat and killed …