Yard Trends
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan ship builder Colombo Dockyard's net profit for the March 2010 quarter fell sharply as ship repair revenue came down despite an …
Box Trade
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - Cargo volumes at a Colombo port private terminal run by an associate firm of John Keells Holdings surged 25 percent in April 2010 to …
Forex Hit
May 17, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon March quarter profits fell 13.2 percent to 664.7 million rupees from a year ago on lower foreign exchange …
Sri Lanka’s Agalawatte Plantations buoyed by high rubber, palm oil prices
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - High rubber and palm oil prices helped Sri Lanka's Agalawatte Plantations make a net profit of 36 million rupees in the March 2010 quarter …
Outsource Trends
May 17, 2010 (LBO) – Massachusetts-based Virtusa Corp., an IT services firm with operations in Sri Lanka, said net profit for the March 2010 quarter …
Sri Lanka monsoon rains displace 75,000
May 17, 2010 (AFP) - At least three people were killed and about 75,000 people were driven out of their homes as monsoon rains lashed Sri Lanka on Monday, the …
Europe to lose 1,000 flights to volcanic cloud: Eurocontrol
BRUSSELS, May 17, 2010 (AFP) - The volcanic ash cloud playing havoc with airline schedules will mean the loss of 1,000 flights in Europe on Monday with …
Sri Lanka Tokyo Cement sets up unit to sell excess power
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) has set up a fully-owned subsidiary to sell excess electricity from a power plant at a cement …
Sri Lanka slammed over civilian deaths, one year after war end
May 17, 2010 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government killed thousands of its civilians by shelling "no-fire zones" in the last months of the country's decades-long …
Sri Lanka state revenues up in February: data
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state revenues picked up sharply in February 2010 to 108. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA 6 …
Margin Gains
May 16, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon said group profits grew 24 percent in the March 2010 quarter to 1,107 million rupees from a year …
India slowly gets to grips with ecommerce
MUMBAI, May 16, 2010 (AFP) - Vipul Modi is a busy high court lawyer in India's financial capital Mumbai. Like many people, he uses the Internet to buy rail and …
Sri Lanka wary of Tiger revival abroad one year after war
May 16, 2010 (AFP) - One year after Sri Lanka's army wiped out the Tamil Tigers, there are no signs of the rebel group's revival at home, but concerns remain …
Britain on lookout after ash disrupts Northern Ireland airspace
LONDON, May 15, 2010 (AFP) - British aviation authorities were keeping a close eye Sunday on the possible return of a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland after …
Sub-standard lights force change in first US event
FORT LAUDERDALE, May 15, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka and New Zealand will play only two Twenty20 matches next week in the first full internationals to take place in …
Fiery World
NEW ORLEANS, May 16, 2010 (AFP) - US officials have told BP to clarify what costs it will pay for cleanup of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with crews …
Jail Term
VANCOUVER, May 14, 2010 (AFP) - A judge sentenced a Tamil Tiger fundraiser to six months in jail here Friday after the man pleaded guilty to raising money in …
Sri Lanka offers US55mn for Emirates stake in national carrier: report
May 15, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has offered 55 million US dollars to buy back a 43. buy rotacaps online …
Sri Lanka appoints heads to state entities
May 14, 2010 (LBO) - The chairman of Sri Lanka's largest bank, state-run Bank of Ceylon Gamini Wickramasinghe has been re-appointed amid a series of changes …
Sri Lankan stocks close up 0.23-pct, hotels gain
May 14, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares closed higher Friday as investors continued to bet on midcap stocks with keen interest on hotel sector shares, while …