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Sri Lanka peace hopes hit by gunboat sinking
A suicide attack that sank a Sri Lankan navy gunboat has cast a new shadow over the island’s fading peace hopes but an immediate return to war is unlikely, analysts and diplomats said Sunday. A suicide attack that sank a Sri Lankan navy gunboat has cast a new shadow over the island’s fading peace hopes […]
Sri Lanka navy bans night fishing, searches for sunken gunboat
Sri Lanka’s navy banned night fishing on Sunday near a northeastern port, while it searched for the bodies of 15 crewmen killed when their gunboat was destroyed in a suicide bombing by suspected Tiger rebels.Sri Lanka’s navy banned night fishing on Sunday near a northeastern port, while it searched for the bodies of 15 crewmen […]
BOI aims for record foreign investment flows
Government’s investment promotion agency is gunning for fivefold growth in investment flows this year but it is not sure where the money is going to come from.Government’s investment promotion agency is gunning for fivefold growth in investment flows this year but it is not sure where the money is going to come from. Investment Promotions […]
Red Bottom
Shell Gas Lanka Ltd, a unit of Royal/Dutch Shell Group, warned Sunday that gas supplies may stop because company losses ballooned to Rs.742 million after the authorities resisted calls for a retail price increase.Shell Gas Lanka Ltd, a unit of Royal/Dutch Shell Group, warned Sunday that gas supplies may stop because company losses ballooned to […]
Sinking
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) wants government to support consumer subsidies as part of a plan to stop losing large sums of money every day.Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) wants government to support consumer subsidies as part of a plan to stop losing large sums of money every day. Monopoly electricity supplier the CEB is selling power […]
Falling Short
Revenue projections for last year will be missed although total government revenue is 19 percent higher in the first 11 months of the last year.Revenue projections for last year will be missed although total government revenue is 19 percent higher in the first 11 months of the last year. However, cashflow difficulties were forcing the […]
A Shot in the Arm
People’s Bank got Rs. 2 billion cash injection from the government last week.People’s Bank got Rs. 2 billion cash injection from the government last week. It was the start of the bank’s third recapitalization exercise and the first time it had a cash injection. On previous two occasions the government put non-tradable bonds to strengthen […]
Search for Sri Lankan gun boat after offshore blast
COLOMBO, Jan 7 (AFP) – A powerful offshore explosion was heard in Sri Lanka’s northeastern port district of Trincomalee early Saturday, shortly after two naval patrol craft put out to sea, police said.COLOMBO, Jan 7 (AFP) – A powerful offshore explosion was heard in Sri Lanka’s northeastern port district of Trincomalee early Saturday, shortly after […]
Suicide attack sinks Sri Lankan navy gunboat with 15 sailors
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up a Sri Lankan navy gunboat with 15 sailors in a suicide attack that inflicted the biggest single loss during a four-year-old truce, the defence ministry said.Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up a Sri Lankan navy gunboat with 15 sailors in a suicide attack that inflicted the biggest single loss […]
US concerned over violence flare-up in Sri Lanka, seeks peace talks
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has voiced concern over a flare-up of violence in Sri Lanka, and hopes Colombo and Tamil Tiger rebels will resume talks to reinforce their fragile truce, the State Department said.WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has voiced concern over […]
Suicide attack sinks Sri Lankan navy gunboat, 15 sailors killed
Suspected Tamil rebels blew up a naval gunboat Saturday killing 15 Sri Lankan sailors in a suicide attack that caused the biggest military loss of life since a truce began four years ago, the defence ministry said.Suspected Tamil rebels blew up a naval gunboat Saturday killing 15 Sri Lankan sailors in a suicide attack that […]
Sri Lanka and India unite over pesticide limits
Tea producing neighbours India and Sri Lanka will join forces to lobby for a common standard for minimum pesticide residual levels in black tea. Tea producing countries are also calling for a change in the way the tea is tested, accounting for the fact that black tea is drunk rather than chewed and eaten. Existing […]