Sri Lanka Treasuries yields plummet after presidential ‘rate cut’
Oct 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields plummeted across the board Wednesday, a day after country's president ordered a 700 basis point lending rate …
Sri Lanka stocks close up
Oct 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks closed up 0.2 percent, reversing a losing streak, with hotel stocks among the gainers, a day after the country's …
Settlement
Oct 28, 2009 (LBO) - Commercial Bank of Ceylon said it had been appointed as the second bank to settle payments for securities trades in the Colombo Stock …
Debt Prowess
Oct 28, 2009 (LBO) - HSBC, an international bank, which said it had helped raise two billion dollars for Sri Lankan infrastructure has been named the best …
Northwest Sri Lanka running out of groundwater: official
Oct 28, 2009 (LBO) - Puttalam in Sri Lanka's northwest is rapidly running out of groundwater due to paddy farming, with the water table falling alarmingly and …
Refugee Crisis
TANJUNG PINANG, October 28, 2009 (AFP) - Seventy eight Sri Lankan asylum-seekers are refusing to disembark an Australian customs vessel anchored off …
EU pressures Sri Lanka over human rights
LUXEMBOURG, October 27, 2009 (AFP) - The European Union boosted pressure on Sri Lanka Tuesday over human rights and called for those committing abuses on the …
Sri Lanka central bank in massive liquidity mop up
Oct 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank is engaged in a record mop up of excess liquidity in the banking sector generated foreign from dollar borrowings, …
Sri Lankan stocks close lower in broad sell-off
Oct 27, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks closed lower for a second day Tuesday, falling 0.9 percent in a broad sell-off that saw while buyers were awaiting …
Busy Terminal
Oct 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), a private operator in the port of Colombo says September volumes have increased 3. online …
Rate Order
Oct 27, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered a sweeping 700 basis point cut in state bank lending rates, lifting of penal rates and …
Buy Out
Oct 27, 2009 (LBO) - Ceylinco Land Exchange, a real estate firm in Sri Lanka's troubled Ceylinco group, is striking out under a new name, while employees are …
Boat People
TANJUNG PINANG, October 27, 2009 (AFP) - An Indonesian provincial governor refused Tuesday to allow an Australian customs vessel to unload 78 Sri Lankan …
India’s central bank holds interest rates
MUMBAI, October 27, 2009 (AFP) - India's central bank kept key short-term interest rates unchanged at their record lows on Tuesday, saying its priority was …
Sri Lanka govt may sign anti-landmine treaty
October 27, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka may consider joining the global treaty banning landmines following the government's defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, …
Euro hits 14-month high vs dollar
TOKYO, October 26, 2009 (AFP) - The euro hit a 14-month high against the dollar in Asian trade Monday on signs that China may increase its holdings of the …
Sri Lankan stocks fall 1.0-pct
Oct 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed down 1.0 percent Monday as buyers stayed in the sidelines, awaiting September quarter earnings season which has …
Better Showing
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Mystery
VANCOUVER, October 24, 2009 (AFP) - Canada is to release one of 76 Tamils arrested last week in a ship off its Pacific coast, local media reported Saturday. …
Pakistan says offensive death toll rises to 227
ISLAMABAD, October 26, 2009 (AFP) - Pakistan's military said Monday that the death toll in a major military assault on the Taliban rose to 227, reporting heavy …