Sri Lanka deficit to move down with lower rates, PPPs: CB Governor
Aug 06, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's budget deficit will narrow and debt will slow with falling domestic interest rates and public private partnerships in …
Sri Lanka’s faster growth bucking trend: Fitch
Aug 05, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's economy is growing faster despite a slow global recovery, but the country needs more savings and foreign direct investments to …
Sri Lanka steps up security as protest toll rises
COLOMBO, August 4, 2013 (AFP) - Police poured into a village near Sri Lanka's capital ahead of the funeral Sunday of a teenager shot dead by troops during a …
Hundreds denounce army killing of Sri Lanka protesters
August 5, 2013 (AFP) - Several hundred anti-government supporters staged a rare protest Monday in Sri Lanka's capital to denounce a deadly army crackdown on …
Second Sri Lankan dies after troops fire on villagers
COLOMBO, August 3, 2013 (AFP) - A second Sri Lankan protester died from wounds suffered when troops fired on villagers demonstrating against contaminated water …
Sri Lanka Softlogic appoints risk, retail chiefs
Aug 02, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka 's Softlogic group said it had appointed two senior executives with domestic and international experience to head the group risk …
Sri Lankan protestor shot dead at tainted water demo
August 2, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces shot dead one protestor and wounded dozens more when they fired on villagers at a demonstration over …
Sri Lanka president invites Pope Francis I to visit
Aug 02, 2013 (LBO) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa had invited Pope Francis I, the head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Sri Lanka, his media office said. …
Sri Lanka sets date for polls in former war zone
August 1, 2013 (AFP) - Residents of Sri Lanka's former war zone will go to the polls in September in a regional election expected to hand limited autonomy to …
Sri Lanka’s ‘B+’ rating confirmed by S&P; warns on debt, institutions
Aug 01, 2013 (LBO) - Standard and Poor's has confirmed Sri Lanka's 'B+' sovereign rating with a stable outlook but warned on government debt and weak …
Gas Plan
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run ports agency is planning a liquid natural gas terminal in its southern port in Hambantota for power generation and …
Sri Lanka raises fag taxes to boost revenues
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has raised taxes on cigarettes to bring in an additional 1. online pharmacy buy zofran with best prices today in the USA 4 …
Sri Lanka raises hard alcohol, beer taxes
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has raised taxes on hard alcohol by 75 rupees a litre and beer by 10 rupees per litre along with cigarettes which will help …
Sri Lanka’s inflation up 6.1-pct in July 2013
July 31, 2013 (LBO)- Consumer prices in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo rose 6.1 percent in July 2013 from year earlier easing from 6.8 percent in June, with the …
Sri Lanka tax revenues picking up: Treasury Secretary
July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tax revenues are picking up helped by stronger customs collections, Treasury Secretary P B Jayasundera said. online pharmacy …
Sri Lanka hopes to move to budget deficit of 4.0-pct of GDP
July 29, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is hoping to cut the budget deficit to 4.buy azithromycin online buy azithromycin online no prescription 0 percent of gross …
Sri Lanka FDI flows reach $430mn in first half 2013
July 29, 2013 (LBO) - Foreign direct investment flows to Sri Lanka in the first half of 2013 reached 430 million US dollars and the full year was expected to …
IMF’s Asia Pacific chief Anoop Singh to retire
July 26, 2013 (LBO) - Anoop Singh, director of the International Monetary Fund's Asia Pacific Department and one-time country representative of Sri Lanka is to …
Loans to eurozone businesses drop sharply: ECB
FRANKFURT, July 25, 2013 (AFP) - Loans to businesses in the debt-mired eurozone tumbled in June, the European Central Bank said Thursday, weakening a key …
Many Sri Lanka state agency accounts disclaimed by auditors: COPE report
July 26, 2013 (LBO) - Accounts of 18 state enterprises and agencies had been disclaimed by auditors, while another 04 had adverse opinions, some for two years …