Sri Lanka journalists mourn colleague; condemn killing
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's media organizations condemned a blast by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, which killed a TV journalist and more than 20 …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's media organizations condemned a blast by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, which killed a TV journalist and more than 20 …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - The World Bank will give Sri Lanka 900 million dollars in aid under its new four-year country assistance strategy aimed at achieving more …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's science and technology ministry have sounded out India about using the island's Thorium deposits in nuclear energy, and …
Oct 05, 2008 (LBO) – US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's request from lawmakers for 700 billion dollars to bailout Wall Street banks, including one he …
Oct 05, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's HDFC Bank, a state-backed mortgage lender, has been downgraded a notch from 'A-(lka)' to 'BBB+(lka)', on rising interest …
October 5, 2008 (AFP) - The widely expected fall of the Tamil Tigers' political capital would mark the separatists' biggest loss in 13 years, but analysts …
LONDON, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - British department store Selfridge's on Sunday launched a new up-scale chocolate treat -- the "Credit Crunch" -- for shoppers …
BERLIN, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - The German government has offered an unlimited guarantee for all private savings accounts, a finance ministry spokesman told …
DUBAI, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - United Arab Emirates-based firms Dana Gas PJSC and Crescent Petroleum announced that they had begun producing gas under a deal …
NEW DELHI, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - A decision by the giant Tata Group to shift a factory building the world's cheapest car after angry farmer protests has …
WASHINGTON, October 3, 2008 (AFP) - US lawmakers Friday approved a historic financial rescue plan that was quickly signed into law, but the measure failed to …
Oct 04, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to issue electronic identity cards with transponders which authorities can use to identify fishermen at sea and also develop …
October 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army chief said Saturday his troops are on the verge of capturing the key northern headquarters of the Tamil Tigers in …
NEW YORK, October 4, 2008 (AFP) - Combined US government debt is set to rise to levels unseen since the 1950s, but the United States should nevertheless be …
SEOUL, October 4, 2008 (AFP) - South Korea, Australia and Japan Saturday pulled melamine-contaminated sweets and drinks from supermarket shelves amid a …
PARIS, October 4, 2008 (AFP) - European leaders were set to try to cobble together a response to the global financial crisis at a mini-summit on Saturday …
PARIS, October 3, 2008 (AFP) - Tobacco use and smoke from coal and wood are likely to claim tens of millions of lives in China over the next quarter-century, …
Oct 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank said inflation would come down to below 20 percent by year end, but its monetary program is now threatened …
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's forex markets entered a second day of intervention with a state bank that usually acts for the monetary authority selling …
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares ended a shade firmer for the second day running after a long bear run, with heavy trading in Maskeliya Plantations, …