Obama names US ambassadors to Sri Lanka, Japan, India
WASHINGTON, May 28, 2009 (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday named US ambassadors to Japan, India and Sri Lanka, amid heightened tension in Asia over …
Sri Lanka shares firmer
May 27, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares ended firmer Wednesday with investors keen on blue chips, hotels and banks, encouraged by the end of the ethnic war that …
Rescue Mission
May 27, 2009 (LBO) - The Finance Company can be turned around within six months, according to Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL) which has been appointed by the …
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Spell Check
May 27, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan chapter of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has launched the second season of Spellmaster, a …
Trim Talk
May 27, 2009 (LBO) – Subscribers of Sri Lanka's Hutch, a unit of Hutchison had dropped 44 percent to 772,000 in the year to March 2009 amid steep price …
WHO mulls pandemic threshold as flu cases near 13,000
MEXICO CITY, May 27, 2009 (AFP) - Mexico reported two more swine flu deaths on Tuesday, as World Health Organization scientists asked if it had moved too …
Rights diplomats struggle to find Sri Lanka compromise
GENEVA, May 27, 2009 (AFP) - The UN Human Rights Council reconvened its special session on Sri Lanka Wednesday with diplomats struggling to bridge an …
Sri Lanka Janashakthi Insurance suspension lifted
May 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's insurance regulator said it had lifted a suspension on the registration of Janashakthi Insurance from today, after the …
Sri Lanka confident of avoiding war crimes probe
May 27, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Wednesday it was confident of averting an international probe into alleged war crimes committed during its offensive …
UN rights council divided over Sri Lanka probe
GENEVA, May 26, 2009 (AFP) - UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday called for an international investigation into attacks on civilians during the final …
Sri Lanka planning credit scheme for the war-affected: CB Governor
May 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is planning a central bank re-financed credit scheme for people in former war-affected areas to allow people to rebuild …
Sri Lanka may relax forex trading curbs from June: CB Governor
May 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka may expand forex trading limits of banks from next month, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said, as the country …
Sri Lankan shares recover, rupee flat
May 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks ended up Tuesday, as investors were bullish on blue chips and hotel stocks, while the rupee was flat against the …
Tight Quarter
May 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank said group profits fell 12.9 percent to 892 million rupees in the March 2009 quarter, as its loan book shrank …
Bank Trade
May 26, 2009 (LBO) – Profits of HSBC's Sri Lanka unit grew 40 percent to 628.1 million rupees in the March 2009 quarter on strong foreign exchange …
Mobile Growth
May 26, 2009 (LBO) – Mobitel, a unit of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), has increased subscribers by 73 percent to 2.8 million in the year to March 2009, while …
More than 110 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, India
DHAKA, May 26, 2009 (AFP) - Bangladesh and India launched major relief operations Tuesday after a cyclone tore into the northern coast of the Bay of Bengal, …
Sri Lanka Ceylinco Insurance March profit down 29-pct
May 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylinco Insurance Company said March 2009 net profit fell 29 percent to 101 million rupees from a year ago as claims went up, …
UN rights council divided over Sri Lanka
GENEVA, May 26, 2009 (AFP) - Asian and Western members of the UN Human Rights Council failed to find a common voice on the situation in Sri Lanka before they …