Sri Lanka tourism authority gets new boss
Feb 02, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tourism minister has appointed a new chairman, Eranga Basnayake, to the tourism development authority, an official said. …
Sri Lanka Horana Plantations Dec net up on high tea prices
Feb 02, 2010 (LBO) – High tea prices helped Sri Lanka's Horana Plantations to make a profit of 75 million rupees in the December, according to accounts …
Slow Growth
Feb 02, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Keells Food Products group made a loss of 54 million rupees in the December quarter largely owing to losses in its India …
Retail Profits
Feb 02, 2010 (LBO) - December quarter profits at Sri Lanka's largest supermarket chain, Cargills (Ceylon) group, rose 49. online pharmacy buy spiriva inhaler …
Sri Lanka urged by Amnesty to end post-poll ‘clampdown’
February 2, 2010 (AFP) - Rights monitor Amnesty International urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to end what it described as a post-presidential election "clampdown" …
Sri Lanka stocks up 1.51-pct, plantation stocks rally
Feb 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks surged Monday as retail investors were seen betting heavily on plantation stocks, while heavy institutional interest on …
Share Split
Feb 01, 2010 (LBO)- Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank plans to give shareholders an extra share for every 10 held by them in a share split that would increase total …
Sri Lanka CIC profits up on government receipts
Feb 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Chemical Industries (Colombo) has returned to profit in the December 2009 quarter helped by a 250 million rupee past due …
Sri Lanka says 12 army officers sacked after election
February 1, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Monday sacked 12 senior military officers over what one army source said were fears of a coup after last …
Sri Lanka fabric firm hit by lower prices, smaller orders
Feb 01, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan fabric manufacturer Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills said December quarter profit fell sharply owing to lower prices and loss …
ECB directors must tackle mounting eurozone tensions: analysts
FRANKFURT, (AFP) - European Central Bank policymakers will confront mounting eurozone financial tensions at a meeting Thursday in the face of a brewing crisis …
Brazil’s fortunes slump on bubble fears, China tightening
SAO PAULO, January 31, 2010 (AFP) - Fears of a speculative asset bubble and moves by China to rein in an overheating economy have taken their toll on Brazil, …
Maldives pledges deepest carbon emission cut by 2020
Jan 31, 2010 (LBO) - Maldives has voluntarily pledged to slash carbon emissions 100 percent by 2020, which is the deepest cut promised by any country so far …
Maldives in privatization drive to up efficiency, fix finances: IMF
Jan 31, 2010 (LBO) - The Indian Ocean archipelago of Maldives will privatize its airport but could also sell down other state enterprises and bring private …
Sri Lanka president to take oaths Feb 04: report
Jan 31, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's re-elected president Mahinda Rajapaksa will take oaths for his second term in Kandy when the country celebrates independence …
Sri Lanka president revokes expulsion of Swiss reporter
January 31, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Sunday revoked an expulsion order against a Swiss reporter who covered the island's fiercely …
State debt to become ‘biggest problem’: IMF chief
DAVOS, January 30, 2010 (AFP) - IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Saturday that state debt will become the world's biggest economic problem and some …
Media Muzzle
January 30, 2010 (AFP) - Police in Sri Lanka shut down the offices of an opposition newspaper on Saturday, the weekly said, as international rights groups …
EU calls on Sri Lanka to probe reports of election irregularities
BRUSSELS, January 29, 2010 (AFP) - The European Union on Friday urged the Sri Lankan authorities to investigate reports of "irregularities" during the …
Sri Lanka gets less bang for capital buck: economist
Jan 30, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is saving and investing too little and spending too much and the country is also getting less returns than more efficient …