Sri Lanka spends US$587mn to prop up rupee in October
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has spent 587 million dollars to prop up the rupee in October, pushing the total to 790 million dollars over past two months, …
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has spent 587 million dollars to prop up the rupee in October, pushing the total to 790 million dollars over past two months, …
November 8, 2008 (AFP) - Helicopter gunships launched a rare night assault against a suspected Tamil Tiger base located on a small islet off Sri Lanka's Jaffna …
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontiers or RSF) has condemned what it called live censorship on a Sri …
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has defended state manipulation of fuel prices which has de-stabilized the economy, brought high inflation and endangered …
Nov 07, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares Friday fell for the second day running after rising on thin volumes for several days with brokers saying small investors …
Nov 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has made a new 10 percent telephone tax technology neutral by extending it from mobile phones to fixed lines as a part of …
November 7, 2008 (AFP) - Intense battles gripped Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region as government forces stepped up pressure on the Tamil rebel political …
Nov 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan accountants say the proposed cut in Value Added Tax (VAT) in the government's 2009 budget would not provide much relief …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares slumped Wednesday after several days of gains on thin volumes as investors took profits, with brokers saying the …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government plans to offer several incentives to the tea industry such as lower taxes and subsidised fertiliser, …
Nov 06 (2008) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa called on Tamil Tigers to immediately lay down arms and enter the democratic mainstream and warned that …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's apparel export industry faces a tough year next year with slowing demand in key markets and the likely loss of GSP+ duty free …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government will buy shares in apparel export firms under a support scheme to help them cope with a possible loss of duty free …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa said Wednesday the government had slashed retail fuel prices with immediate effect in an effort to …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka raised trade barriers and cut neutral value added taxes in its 2009 budget which is projected to have a deficit of 336 billion …
Sri Lanka has proposed sweeping levies on imported foods, and consumer durables, jacked up a turnover based levy on international trade, trimmed value added …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's government would spend 360 billion for capital expenditure in 2009, and 200 billion for defence, the island's president …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's ruling party, whose fiscal profligacy caused high inflation and high interest rates while endangering the entire economy …
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's economic growth is likely to fall to between 6.0 and 6.5 percent in 2008, the island's central bank has said, downgrading a …
Oct 05, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka sold 2-year bonds maturing in September 2010 in an auction Tuesday at an average of 20.43 percent, a day after bonds maturing in …