Sri Lanka’s national carrier slaps fuel surcharge
June 28, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, will re-introduce a fuel surcharge to cover rising jet fuel costs, the airline said …
June 28, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, will re-introduce a fuel surcharge to cover rising jet fuel costs, the airline said …
BEIJING, June 28, 2008 (AFP) - China's capital Beijing is to raise its minimum salary by 10 percent in a bid to help the worst-off cope with rising inflation, …
PORT BLAIR, June 28, 2008 (AFP) - A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, the US Geological …
NUSA DUA, June 28, 2008 (AFP) - A conference in Indonesia on the international waste trade ended without breaking a 14-year impasse over the sale of hazardous …
MOSCOW, June 28, 2008 (AFP) - The chief executive of Russian energy giant Gazprom has proposed setting up a European network of service stations for cars …
MUMBAI, June 28, 2008 (AFP) - Indian shares are set to run into rough weather again next week, as global crude prices and domestic inflation continue to surge, …
June 28, 2008 (LBO) – The proliferation of illicit small arms in Sri Lanka not only fuels crime but has indirect costs on business as well as the …
June 27, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks ended weaker Friday with the market failing to sustain the momentum generated by businessman Dammika Perera's share …
LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - European stocks mostly fell on Friday as oil prices shot to record levels, but losses were less than falls on other global …
SINGAPORE, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - Oil prices eased in Asia on Friday after reaching 140 dollars for the first time following the OPEC president's forecast that …
HARARE, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - The prices at Dzidzai Guti's makeshift stall can seem eye-popping, with rotting oranges, a pack of cigarettes and bananas …
June 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Muttiah Muralitharan won the Castrol Asian Batsman and Bowler award in test cricket at a …
June 27, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Cricket, the island's richest sporting body, said it has paid off its debts with proceeds from the sale of television rights …
LAHORE, June 26, 2008 (AFP) - Unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis took a career-best 5-22 to help Sri Lanka overcome a fighting United Arab Emirates by 142 runs …
June 26, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks closed flat Thursday with foreign transactions in conglomerates helping to prop up turnover, brokers said. The overall …
June 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to join a global forum of major tea producing countries, Tea Board chairman Lalith Hettiarachchi said. Most major tea …
June 26, 2008 (LBO) - Journalists who write on issues related to institutions of a free society, free markets and sound science have until June 30, to submit …
June 26, 2008 (AFP) - At least 59 Tamil Tiger rebels and government soldiers have been killed in the latest fighting in Sri Lanka's north, the defence ministry …
NEW DELHI, June 26, 2008 (AFP) - An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out …
June 26, 2008 (LBO) - The passenger and cargo operations of Emirates in Sri Lanka have won two of the carrier's global performance awards in 2007-08, the …