Joint Power
Mar. 23 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved a deal for the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to team up with India's National …
Tigers say Colombo curbs undoing Swiss talks
Mar 23(AFP) - The Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday accused Sri Lanka of endangering efforts to end ethnic bloodshed by imposing fresh conditions on their political …
Rights group concerned about Sri Lanka audit chief
Mar. 23(AFP) - The Asian Human Rights Commission Thursday said it was "gravely concerned" at public criticism of Sri Lanka's audit chief who has exposed …
Sri Lanka’s People’s Bank gets its credit rating upgraded to A-(sri)
Mar. 22 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run People's Bank got its credit rating upgraded to A-(sri) by Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd, who also revised the bank's rating …
Sri Lanka’s leisure industry recovers in February
Mar. 22 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit tourism industry continued to recover this year, with arrivals for the two months to February rising 40. online …
Growing Money
Mar 22 (LBO) - Lanka Transformers were given a first subsidy payment on Wednesday for generating electricity from trees, under a new scheme to encourage …
Re-Shuffle
Mar. 22 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has changed the license fee structure for lubricant operators giving players an option of paying a flat fee or a percentage on …
Sri Lanka seizes suspected rebel trawler, firefight in Jaffna
Mar. 22 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy detained a fishing trawler operated by suspected Tamil rebels off the island's troubled northern waters Wednesday while troops …
Legal Muscle
Mar. 21 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Parliament Tuesday passed amendments to several financial bills, including a tax on foreign television programmes and …
On Hold
Mar. 21 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom, the island's dominant fixed-line operator, Tuesday said it would stop connecting new subscribers through Code Division …
Flagged Off
Mar 21 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Caltex Lanka Lubricants will ship five million litres of lubricant oils into Bangladesh, its first foray into the country and …
Sri Lanka navy denies Tiger rebel claim of attack on villages
Mar 216 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy denied a charge by Tamil Tigers Tuesday that it fired indiscriminately at rebel-held villages in the northeast, saying the …
Sri Lanka suspends lavish perks of former president
Mar. 21 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ordered the withdrawal of extra cars and staff serving former president Chandrika Kumaratunga after a complaint …
Home Bound
Mar 20 (AFP) - More than 100 US troops who were stranded in Sri Lanka after their aircraft made an emergency landing last week left the island Monday aboard a …
Dollar Gush
Mar. 20 (LBO) – Non-governmental organisations operating in Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit regions has received Rs40.1 billion (US$400 million) in aid for …
New Dentures
Mar. 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's parliament on Tuesday will take up key laws governing the financial sector, giving effect to proposal presented in the 2006 …
Legal Boost
Mar. 20 (LBO) -- The modernisation of the main piece of legislation that governs the incorporation and running of Sri Lankan companies would substantially …
Comfort Letter
Mar. 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s telecommunications regulator has upheld two private fixed operators’ claim to import handsets duty free, and …
Sri Lanka puts off vote in troubled regions
Mar 20 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's elections department Monday put off for six months scheduled local government polls in the island's embattled northern and eastern …
Sri Lanka mock rescue ends in tragedy
Mar 20 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan airforce officer drowned Monday after falling from a helicopter during a search and rescue exercise, officials said. online …