Sri Lanka shares end up 0.05-pct
Feb 08, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed up Tuesday with some profit taking seen in the morning trades and retail investors pushing the market up by …
Sri Lanka tourism product needs facelift to justify price hikes
Feb 08, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka needs to improve the quality of its tourism product and infrastructure to further increase room rates after a post-war rise in …
Sri Lanka Lighthouse profits up, in deal with boutique hotel
Feb 08, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Lighthouse Hotel has seen December 2010 quarter profit rise sharply from a year ago amid a tourism boom and has struck a deal …
Court Day
BERLIN, February 7, 2011 (AFP) - German federal prosecutors said Monday they had charged a man suspected of raising money for the separatist Sri Lankan rebel …
Sri Lankan Airlines signs wage deal with aircraft technicians
Feb 08, 2011 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines has signed a new three-year wage agreement with the union representing aircraft technicians, as it expands its fleets …
Five Saudis charged after drunken forced landing in Sri Lanka
February 7, 2011 (AFP) - Five Saudi Arabian nationals appeared in court in Colombo on Monday after their allegedly drunken misbehaviour on board a flight from …
Sri Lanka’s Murali to help Aussie spinners – report
SYDNEY, February 8, 2011 (AFP) - Legendary Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan is to take a guest coaching role at Australia's top cricket academy in a bid …
Sri Lankan floods pile on misery: UN
February 8, 2011 (AFP) - The United Nations said Tuesday that recent monsoon flooding in Sri Lanka had hit hundreds of thousands of victims who were forced …
Sri Lanka central bank holds interest rates
Feb 08, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank held key interest rates unchanged at its monthly monetary policy meeting Tuesday, saying inflation was stable and …
Sri Lanka’s new currency notes from today
Feb 07, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank has issued a new series of currency notes featuring economic infrastructure, traditional dancers and birds …
Sri Lanka shares end up 0.47-pct
Feb 07, 2011(LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed up Monday with both indices pushed up by active retail investor participation in the diversified and trading …
Sri Lanka Continental Hotel cuts losses
Feb 07, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Continental Hotel, bought by the Hayleys conglomerate last year, has reduced its losses in the December 2010 quarter which …
Sri Lanka island resort project off, says Six Senses
Feb 07, 2011 (LBO) - International luxury hotel chain Six Senses has pulled out of a deal to manage a resort being built on an islet off Sri Lanka's north-west …
Mendis, Perera fire Sri Lanka to series-clinching win
February 6, 2011 (AFP) - Ajantha Mendis and Thisara Perera shared seven wickets as Sri Lanka posted a 26-run win over the West Indies in the third one-day …
Sri Lankan floods return, death toll rises to 17
February 7, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's latest monsoon rains have claimed at least 17 lives and left around 1.2 million people flooded out of their homes, …
Oil Spike
SINGAPORE, February 7, 2011 (AFP) - Brent crude prices surged above 100 dollars in Asia on Monday as major regional equities clocked strong performances in …
Sri Lanka large bank note shows recent inflation: economist
Feb 07, 2011 (LBO) - A large denomination banknote issued by Sri Lanka's monetary authority is a testament to the recent high inflation created in the country, …
Fast-growing India facing unemployment ‘bomb’
NEW DELHI, February 6, 2011 (AFP) - Last week 100,000 jobseekers travelled to a small northern Indian town for a recruitment fair that ended in tragedy, …
Sri Lanka opposition warns of Arab-style uprising
February 5, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition on Saturday warned of an uprising, a day after ruling party activists unleashed violent attacks against …
Asia faces climate-induced migration ‘crisis’
SINGAPORE, February 6, 2011 (AFP) - Asia must prepare for millions of people to flee their homes to safer havens within countries and across borders as weather …