Sri Lankan Airlines to fly to Shanghai
May 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan Airlines will launch a four-times a week service to Shanghai in July 2010, the third Chinese city in its global route network, …
Emirates to launch services to Iraq
May 10, 2010 (LBO) - Emirates will launch flights to the Iraqi capital Baghdad from July 1, 2010, the last remaining Middle Eastern destination to be …
White the hero as Australia crush Sri Lanka
BRIDGETOWN, May 9, 2010 (AFP) - Australia followed up a rescue act from Cameron White with a polished performance in the field during a thumping 81-run victory …
Sri Lanka exports up on commodity boom; imports recover
May 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's exports grew 20 percent 629 million US dollars in February 2010 on the back of booming agricultural commodities while apparel, …
Sri Lanka pension fund earns real returns
May 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main pension fund of private citizens earned a large real return as the Central Bank brought inflation down in 2009, though …
Sri Lanka Muralitharan out of World Twenty20
BRIDGETOWN, May 8, 2010 (AFP) - Muttiah Muralitharan's participation at the World Twenty20 finally came to an end on Saturday when it was announced Sri Lanka …
State sector austerity drives are old news for EU’s Baltic states
RIGA, May 9, 2010 (AFP) - Seen from the eastern rim of the European Union, the looming austerity drive in crisis-afflicted Greece reads like old news. buy …
Sri Lanka hotels eyed by Thailand’s Minor: report
May 08, 2010 (LBO) - Bangkok-based Minor International is looking to buy or build beach resorts in Sri Lanka, after the island emerged from a 30-year war and …
India’s 3G auction licence bids continue to rise
NEW DELHI, May 8, 2010 (AFP) - Bids for nationwide licences in India's sale of spectrum for superfast 3G mobile services have hit 2. online pharmacy buy …
Sri Lanka’s Jayawardene opening up Twenty20 horizons
BRIDGETOWN, May 8, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene is relishing the "freedom" that comes with opening the batting after another superlative display …
Sri Lanka partly shielded from Greek crisis by IMF, donor loans: S&P
May 08, 2010 (LBO) - A fiscal and monetary prudence program backed by the International Monetary Fund and donor loans will partly shield Sri Lanka from the …
Sri Lanka allows forex accounts for overseas service providers, employees
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan companies providing a range of international services and their employees earning foreign exchange income can open foreign …
Sri Lanka shares becalmed, Nawaloka in demand
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed almost flat Friday with Nawaloka Hospitals heavy traded after it sold a stake in a debt-ridden hotel, and better …
Sri Lanka tea export earnings hit new high
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea export earnings in the three months to March 2010 hit a new high in rupee terms although lower volumes were shipped …
Mobile Move
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - Plans by Sri Lanka's telecommunications regulator to introduce mobile phone number portability, allowing subscribers to switch networks …
Multilingual
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2010 (AFP) - Internet addresses written in Arabic are making history as the first online domains in non-Latin characters, with Chinese …
Sri Lanka Aviva unit makes Rs80mn loss in March
May 07, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Aviva NDB Insurance made an 80 million rupee loss in March 2010 quarter from a year ago, as wage and sales costs rose …
Sri Lanka not given conditions for GSP renewal, says EU
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - The European Union office in Sri Lanka said the EU had not given the island's government a 'list of conditions' to meet to renew a trade …
Sri Lanka calls on West to crack down on Tiger funding
May 7, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister on Friday urged Western nations to crack down on Tamils using their soil to revive the Tamil Tiger separatist …
Last Laugh
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - Laugfs Group, the sole rival of the Sri Lankan unit of Royal Dutch Shell, is keen to buy the multinational's operations in the island, …