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Sri Lankan shares up, Asia Capital stake sold
May 15, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares went up across-the-board Friday on news the war would end in the next few days, while 26.83 percent of Asia Capital shares changed hands in a local to foreign deal, broker said. The All Share Price Index of the Colombo stock exchange rose 1.23 percent (23.25 points) […]
Sri Lanka tea prices fall as crop increases
May 15, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices fell at the Colombo auctions this week but brokers said there was better demand for the increased volumes on offer.They said that despite the generally lower prices some well-made teas fetched record prices. Tea industry officials said production had recovered from the effects of drought earlier […]
Cost Savings
May 15, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Telekom said it expects to make an annual cost saving of 500 million rupees by shedding staff through a voluntary retirement scheme in an effort to stem losses. Nushad Perera, Dialog’s Chief Marketing Officer, told ETV’s Lanka Business Report programme in a recent interview that the VRS […]
” fight: military
May 15, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers are “slowly giving up” their fight against advancing government troops, the island’s military said Friday as it appeared poised to capture the last tiny strip of rebel territory.A military spokesman told AFP around 10,000 civilians had managed to flee to government areas, and that there was […]
Sri Lanka captures family of top Tiger commander: officials
May 15, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s navy on Friday captured the wife and two children of a top Tamil Tiger military commander while they tried to escape the island by boat, a navy spokesman said. Their capture came as the Sri Lanka government said it was poised to seize the last patch of land […]
Sri Lanka vows to defeat Tamil Tigers in 48 hours
May 15, 2009 (AFP) – The Sri Lankan government vowed Friday to finish off the Tamil Tigers within 48 hours, defying international calls for a truce and warnings of a “humanitarian catastrophe” inside the rebel-held zone. The signal that a final offensive against the beleaguered separatist guerrillas was imminent came as United Nations Secretary General […]
‘s 2008-09 profit slumps
May 15, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills said net profit slumped 45 percent to 3.2 million US dollars in the 2008-09 financial year from a year ago as orders and profit margins fell. The firm, the cotton and synthetic fabric manufacturing unit of the Hayeys group, said in a statement that […]
Sri Lanka needs IMF loan: Strauss-Kahn
May 15, 2009 (LBO) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Sri Lanka needs the help of the multilateral lending agency and talks were still underway on the IMF loan.He told a news conference Friday that Sri Lanka, which has asked for a 1.9 billion dollar IMF loan, was a “special situation”. Strauss-Kahn […]
IMF loan for Sri Lanka not appropriate right now: Clinton
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said here Thursday it “is not an appropriate time” to consider a massive International Monetary Fund loan for Sri Lanka. Clinton told reporters that the United States has been “trying to convince both sides,” the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger guerrillas, […]
Sri Lankan migrants intercepted off Indonesia
BANDA ACEH, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Fifty-five Sri Lankan migrants were intercepted Thursday off the coast of western Indonesia as they tried to reach Australia to look for work, police said.Fishermen found the migrants, men aged from 25 to 30, aboard a damaged wooden boat two kilometres (just over a mile) from the coast […]
Sri Lanka bills yields edge lower
May 14, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields edged down 02 to 05 basis points as the government sold 12.9 billion rupees worth of securities, including a roll-over of 10 billion rupees. The government sold 3.1 billion rupees of 3-month bills, 4.1 billion rupees of 6-month bills, and 5.6 billion rupees of 12-month […]
Sri Lankan stocks up, rupee steady
May 14, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares recovered Thursday while the rupee opened at 117.70/90 against the dollar and remained at the same levels by late afternoon trade, brokers and dealers said. In the stock market the All Share Price Index closed up 0.75 percent (13.97 points) to end at 1,884.42 while the Milanka […]