Bailed Out
COLOMBO, January 11, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's court of appeal on Monday freed on bail a Tamil editor whose 20-year prison sentence last year for supporting …
Battle-scarred Tamils emerge as Sri Lankan kingmakers
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Sri Lanka president promises state worker salary hike
Jan 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa has promised a 2,500 rupee a month salary hike to state workers, from the next budget due in …
Higher Education
Jan 10, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan university education despite being available only to the brightest students ranks well below its peers in Asia although …
Europe freeze strands travellers, cuts power
BERLIN, January 10, 2010 (AFP) - The Arctic freeze gripping Europe left hundreds of people stuck in vehicles in deep snow or stranded at airports with scores …
Sri Lankan president woos Tamils on re-election trail
January 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Sunday took his re-election campaign to the Tamil heartland of Jaffna for his first visit to the peninsula …
Sri Lanka water supply expansion contract to Chinese firm
Jan 10, 2010 (LBO) - A contract to upgrade the water supply in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo valued at 1,895 million rupees has been awarded to China Geo …
Violated
Jan 09, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's former chief justice Sarath Silva, a controversial figure who locked horns with the executive in the last stages of his term …
Free
January 9, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday released more than 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters from military custody following a rehabilitation program, an …
Pressure Point
January 8, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was under new pressure Friday to submit to a war crimes investigation after the United Nations authenticated a video …
Sri Lanka insurance sector sees skills shortage: rating agency
Jan 09, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s insurance business is set for growth as the economy recovers from a war but is constrained by a shortage of …
Sri Lanka presidential hopeful plugs petroleum inflation theory: report
Jan 09, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's opposition presidential candidate had promised to cut diesel prices in the hope that it would bring consumer prices down, …
Sri Lanka mortgage bank plans term debenture
Jan 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Housing Development and Finance Corporation (HDFC) is planning a medium term debenture to be sold during the first quarter of …
Sri Lanka shares close up 1.04-pct, property sector gains
Jan 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks edged up Friday as retailers chased mid-cap counters, while selected property development companies were heavily traded, …
Yard Plans
Jan 08, 2010 (LBO) – The building of new ports in Sri Lanka has given several expansion options for Colombo Dockyard, a listed ship builder which faces …
Relief
Jan 08, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank said it will make another part-payment to depositors of Golden Key Credit Card Company, subject to a …
Guilty Plea
NEW YORK, January 7, 2010 (AFP) - A former senior partner in the McKinsey & Co consulting firm pleaded guilty Thursday in New York to taking money for …
Listing Pressure
HONG KONG, January 8, 2010 (AFP) - Hong Kong ports-to-retail conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa on Friday offered to take its loss-making telecoms subsidiary …
Sri Lanka Aviva unit to get new managing director
Jan 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Eagle Insurance Company, a unit of Aviva, said its managing director Deepal Sooriyaarachchi intends to quit in June this year …
Sri Lanka slammed by media groups over murdered editor
January 8, 2010 (AFP) - International media rights groups criticised Sri Lanka on Friday for failing to identify the assassins of a top anti-establishment …