Indonesia detains 260 Sri Lankan migrants: police
BANTEN, October 11, 2009 (AFP) - Indonesia detained about 260 Sri Lankan migrants in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra while attempting to make their …
BANTEN, October 11, 2009 (AFP) - Indonesia detained about 260 Sri Lankan migrants in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra while attempting to make their …
Oct 10, 2009 (LBO) - The Indian and Sri Lankan navies held a three-day joint exercise in the seas off Colombo earlier this week to train officer cadets and …
Oct 10, 2009 (LBO) - Three consecutive failures of Sri Lanka's power grid has raised new questions about the reliability of the island's distribution system, …
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Vote counting got under way in southern Sri Lanka Saturday after nine hours of polling for the final local council before national …
WASHINGTON, October 9, 2009 (AFP) - The United States on Friday called on the Sri Lankan government to allow Tamil refugees displaced by recent fighting to …
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Voting got underway in southern Sri Lanka Saturday in the final local council poll before national elections due next year, officials …
ISTANBUL, October 7, 2009 (AFP) - The IMF gained new stature as global lender at annual meetings with the World Bank in Istanbul that ended Wednesday, but is …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares fell Friday, as investors took profits on selected counters, brokers said. Hatton National Bank closed at 173. buy …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has developed new varieties of cinnamon with higher yields and chemical properties that are sought after in the food, …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan prime minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has called for lower consumption of sugar, saying diabetes was on the increase, and …
October 9, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has raised its defence expenditure by another 20 percent this year following its military victory over separatist Tamil Tiger …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - The Maldives subsidiary of Sri Lanka's Ceylinco Insurance said it had declared an interim dividend of 70 percent for its share holders for …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's faced a nation-wide power outage in the early hours of Friday, and state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is working on restoring …
Oct 09, 2009 (LBO) - Ceylon Electricity Board, Sri Lanka's state-run power utility, will sign a firm deal with India's National Thermal Power Corporation …
Oct 09, 2009(LBO) - Fitch Ratings said it has lifted the outlook on Sri Lanka's 'B+' sovereign rating to 'stable' from 'negative' on the end of a war and a …
Oct 09, 2009(LBO) - Sri Lankan can avoid foreign pressure tied to aid or trade concessions by putting its own economic house in order through better …
Oct 08, 2009 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government has stopped paying bonus interest on the interest earned on foreign currency deposits in banks, the Sri Lanka …
Oct 08, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares closed flat Thursday as investors took profits on selected counters, while Hatton National Bank (HNB) and Lanka Cement …
Oct 08, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-owned National Savings Bank (NSB) had exceeded its 2009 deposit mobilization target of 30 billion rupees by the …
Oct 08, 2009 (LBO) - Prices of teas grown on the estates of regional plantations companies recovered at this week's Colombo auctions, although those of low …