Tech Craze
PARIS, May 28, 2010 (AFP) - Thousands of die-hard Apple fans mobbed shops in parts of Europe and Asia on Friday after the iPad, touted as a revolution in …
Soft Skills
May 28, 2010 (LBO) - An information technology firm has set up a software development centre in Sri Lanka's former war-torn eastern region with support from …
Australia to start legal action against Japan over whaling
SYDNEY, May 28, 2010 (AFP) - Australia will start legal action to stop Japan hunting whales next week, officials said on Friday, following years of tensions …
Sri Lanka president rejects foreign war crimes probe
May 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe into the final offensive against Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka needs to contain deficit for long term growth: ADB chief
May 28, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has to contain its fiscal deficit to sustain growth and maintain stability as the country emerges from a 30-year conflict and …
Sri Lanka welcomes end to US travel warning
May 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday welcomed the lifting of a US warning against travel to the Indian Ocean island, anticipating a boost to tourism and …
Great Expectations
May 27, 2010 (LBO) - Education is an issue which many of us think we know how to fix, but, nobody is giving us the reigns. Lucky Minister Bandula Gunawardna …
Boat People
KUALA LUMPUR, May 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sixty-one Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in a Malaysian immigration depot Thursday entered day three of a hunger strike in a …
Sri Lanka forex reserve edge up in March
May 27, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka foreign exchange reserves rose to 5,192 million US dollars in March 2010 from 5,032 million dollars a month earlier, with …
Sri Lanka stocks close 0.5-pct up
May 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed higher Wednesday helped by midcap and penny stocks, while Confifi Hotels stocks shot up 46.5 percent amidst low …
Sri Lanka external trade up, apparel exports down
May 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's external trade expanded in March 2010 with imports growing 6. online pharmacy buy spiriva inhaler with best prices today in …
Sri Lanka protectionists score against trade liberties
May 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's increasingly strident protectionist business interests have staged an apparently successful protest in the capital Colombo …
Sri Lanka protectionists stage high profile protest against freer trade
May 25, 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the capital Colombo Tuesday demanding Sri Lanka's government abandon a proposed trade pact …
Sri Lanka urges US to tackle business, not just human rights
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2010 (AFP) - New Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G. online pharmacy buy cytotec with best prices today in the USA L. Peiris on Tuesday urged …
Sri Lankan stocks close 0.15-pct down
May 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed down Tuesday as investors continued to take profits from an overheating market, while large privately negotiated …
Northern Reach
May 25, 2010 (LBO) - Six new bank branches are to be opened next month in Sri Lanka's northern province which is recovering from the effects of war, the …
Malaysia eases visa rules for South Asia tourists
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysia will relax visa rules for travellers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in an effort to boost tourism, …
Sri Lanka LOLC group buys into Confifi hotels
May 25, 2010 (LBO) - Lanka Orix Leasing Company (LOLC) has bought into a hotel group through a 70 percent joint venture it has with another firm, Browns …
Sri Lanka shuts rehab camp for rebel child soldiers
May 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Tuesday closed a camp holding former Tamil Tiger child soldiers, but 52 of the youths will stay in government care to …
Sri Lanka private universities; do not rush and spoil the soup
May 25, 2010 (LBO) - The announcement by the new Minister of Higher Education, Hon S.B Disssanayake, on assuming office and in subsequent interviews, that the …