Sri Lanka insurer to cover graduate study
Aug 01, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Chartis Insurance has tied up with an information technology school to cover degree study costs of students who …
Credit Line
July 7, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Lanka Orix Leasing Company will expand credit to war torn northern and eastern areas of the country armed with a …
Sri Lanka tuition ban will hurt poorer students: lawmaker
June 18, 2010 (LBO) – A state decision to ‘ban’ tuition classes in Sri Lanka on Sundays will hurt poor families most as richer people will …
Sri Lanka to crack down on plastic use around capital
June 15, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s western province, where the capital Colombo is located will crack down on the use of plastics and polythene, …
Sri Lanka conservationists in push to restore mangrove eco-system
May 29, 2010 (LBO) – Large swathes of abandoned shrimp farms in a coastal lagoon in Sri Lanka’s western coast could be returned to its former glory …
Sri Lanka insurer says Northern volumes up
May 02, 2010 (LBO) – HNB Assurance, a fast growing insurer says volume expansion in Sri Lanka’s north is ‘exceptional’ as the region …
Sri Lanka labour force growth to lag region
Dec 26, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s labour force has grown an average 1.0 percent from 1990 to 2008, and is projected to grow by only 0.3 percent a …
Sri Lanka’s Jaffna to get new power plant
Oct 10, 2008 (LBO) – A new 36 MegaWatt power plant that will come online in the northern Jaffna peninsular at the end of the month ending power cuts in …
Sri Lanka taxable workers to shrink, creating multiple crises
Aug 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government will run out of working people to tax in the future, as retirees increase and the workforce shrinks, …
Sri Lanka buffer zone forces fisher folk into other work: survey
Sept 12, 2007 (LBO) – A controversial buffer zone that banned re-building of homes of Sri Lankan victims near the coast after the December 2004 tsunami …