Sri Lanka manpower exporters battle downturn
May 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankans working abroad send home nearly three billion dollars a year, and despite a global economic meltdown and stiff competition …
May 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankans working abroad send home nearly three billion dollars a year, and despite a global economic meltdown and stiff competition …
May 25, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank Monday lifted restrictions on foreign exchange forward contracts imposed late last year amid a balance of …
May 25, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares Monday shed some of the gains of last week's bull-run owing to profit taking and concern over poor corporate results, …
May 25, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to lobby Lloyd's of London to remove a war risk tag on the country which kept insurance premiums high, following defeat …
May 25, 2009 (LBO)- Sri Lanka's total tea production in April 2009 shows an increase compared with the same month a year ago, indicating the crop is recovering …
May 25, 2009 (LBO) - India's Bharti Airtel said it was talking with MTN group, a firm operating in Africa and the Middle East, to buy 49 percent of its in …
May 25, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom group said profits fell 42 percent to 974 million rupees in the March 2009 quarter with fixed access revenues …
May 24, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on Sunday admitted for the first time that their leader was killed by government forces a week ago as the UN …
May 25, 2009 (LBO) - Emirates said it will increase flights to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo by resuming services via Male from July 1 with the launch of …
JOHANNESBURG, May 25, 2009 (AFP) - Commissioner Lalit Modi claimed after Sunday's final that the Indian Premier League had become a global phenomenon. online …
May 25, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is to hold local elections later this year in parts of northern areas formerly held by the Tamil Tigers for the first time in 15 …
May 25, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Chevron unit said net profit for the March 2009 quarter fell 33 percent to 233 million rupees from a year ago with sales …
May 23, 2009 (LBO) - The primary objective of a central bank is to stabilise the value of its currency and continue to maintain that stability to facilitate …
NEW DELHI, (Asia Pulse) - Foreign Institutional Investors' (FIIs) inflow into the Indian stock markets has crossed the US$3 billion mark (over Rs 15,725 crore) …
MELBOURNE, May 24, 2009 (AFP) - The Australian navy intercepted a refugee boat with 77 people aboard Sunday off the country's northwest coast, Home Affairs …
May 24, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Sunday it would not allow aid workers complete access to civilians who remain held in camps after the defeat of the Tamil …
May 24, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Sunday it would allow UN aid workers access to civilians who remain in camps after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers, but only …
BEIJING, (Asia Pulse) - China's economic planning body released a breakdown Thursday of how the government's 4 trillion yuan (US$586 billion) of stimulus …
May 23, 2009 (LBO) –Sri Lanka’s ministry of port’s and aviation has signed an agreement with the government of Japan to recognize the …
May 23, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon's profits for March 2009 quarter rose 106 percent to 957 million rupees, with foreign exchange …