Category: Economy

The international donor community could cut the strings attached to US$ 4.5 bn in aid, with a thaw in the peace process far from sight.The international donor community could cut the strings attached to US$ 4.5 bn in aid, with a thaw in the peace process far from sight. Japanese Peace Envoy Yasushi Akashi Tuesday, […]

Sri Lanka’s main Muslim party Monday withdrew from a peace panel set up by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and declared “all out war” against her for allegedly trying to splinter the minority community.Sri Lanka’s main Muslim party Monday withdrew from a peace panel set up by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and declared “all out war” against her […]

Sri Lanka’s main Muslim party Monday withdrew from a peace panel set up by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and declared “all out war” against her for allegedly trying to splinter the minority community.Sri Lanka’s main Muslim party Monday withdrew from a peace panel set up by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and declared “all out war” against her […]

Relatives of Sri Lankan truck driver Dinesh Dharmendran Rajaratnam appealed on Sunday to his captors in Iraq to free him, saying he had been forced to work there by his Kuwaiti employer.Relatives of Sri Lankan truck driver Dinesh Dharmendran Rajaratnam appealed on Sunday to his captors in Iraq to free him, saying he had been […]

The government is hoping to sign up a record amount of aid this year, most of it from money pledged at the Tokyo donor conference in 2002.The government is hoping to sign up a record amount of aid this year, most of it from money pledged at the Tokyo donor conference in 2002. However, agreements […]

Canada’s mission in Sri Lanka is to re-open, a week after an anthrax scare sparked a diplomatic crisis which deepened Friday after Buddhist monks described how they were forced to strip.Canada’s mission in Sri Lanka is to re-open, a week after an anthrax scare sparked a diplomatic crisis which deepened Friday after Buddhist monks described […]

The Islamic Army in Iraq has announced it abducted a driver from Sri Lanka and another from Bangladesh who work for a Kuwaiti company, Al-Jazeera television said Thursday, showing footage of the pair The Islamic Army in Iraq has announced it abducted a driver from Sri Lanka and another from Bangladesh who work for a […]

Sri Lanka has asked its diplomatic mission in Lebanon to obtain more details about a report that the Islamic Army in Iraq has taken one of its nationals hostage, a foreign ministry official said Friday.Sri Lanka has asked its diplomatic mission in Lebanon to obtain more details about a report that the Islamic Army in […]

Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga will remain in office until December 2006, a year longer than many had believed based on her swearing in for a six-year term in December 1999.Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga will remain in office until December 2006, a year longer than many had believed based on her swearing in for […]

A Swiss man was killed by a grenade thrown into his bathroom by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels amid escalating violence in eastern Sri Lanka, police and military officials said Tuesday A Swiss man was killed by a grenade thrown into his bathroom by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels amid escalating violence in eastern Sri Lanka, police […]

With the Speaker finally certifying the new amnesty law, the Inland Revenue is getting ready to call for another round of pardons to tax defaulters.With the Speaker finally certifying the new amnesty law, the Inland Revenue is getting ready to call for another round of pardons to tax defaulters. “The Act has been certified so […]

Sri Lanka’s top civil servant in charge of the economy apologized to the media after they were thrown out of a donor meeting earlier in the week at the behest of a top lending agency.Sri Lanka’s top civil servant in charge of the economy apologized to the media after they were thrown out of a […]