Sri Lanka in push for German visitors
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is hosting a workshop and familiarization tour for more than 100 German travel agents in a bid to lure more visitors, the …
Sri Lanka tea prices seen recovering
June 05, 2008 (2008) Sri Lankan tea prices appear to have bottomed out with widespread demand returning to the Colombo auctions which have been enjoying a …
Helping Move
June 05, 2008 (LBO) - Only two percent of the public buildings in Sri Lanka have easy access to the disabled, CEAT Tyres which is backing an organization that …
Health Strategy
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – The Lanka Hospitals Corporation, which own's Colombo's Apollo Hospital, said it is targeting medical tourism in a big way, along …
Sri Lanka media groups call for end to ‘war on journalists’
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan and international media right groups Thursday said they were outraged by recent military criticism of journalists …
Sri Lanka Janashakthi IPO braves slow market
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – The initial public offer of Janashakthi Insurance that is opening this month, the first in two years in the island, is a bold move …
Australian PM wants EU-style regional group for Asia-Pacific
SYDNEY, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called on Asia-Pacific countries Thursday to form a European Union-style grouping that he …
Piracy on the rise, but terrorism link not seen: study
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - Incidents of piracy have spiked across the world since 2000 but there is no evidence to support fears of extremist groups …
Oil Block
June 5, 2008 (LBO) – Cairn India Limited, a unit of Cairn Energy plc of the UK, has won an offshore exploration block in Sri Lanka's Mannar basin beating …
Sri Lanka central bank says ‘core inflation’ 9.6-pct in May
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank said its 'core inflation' index from which a number of items such as food had been dropped was 9.6 percent …
Sri Lanka stocks drop 1.14 pct on earnings fears
June 4, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks shed over one percent Wednesday with investors taking profits with corporate earnings are seen under pressure from high …
Sri Lanka blast damaged hotel gets state help
June 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tourist promotion office had given a million rupees to re-build an old tourist hotel that was damaged in a Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka leader says arable land sown with terrorist mines
June 04, 2008 (FAO) Food production in Sri Lanka has been affected not only by high oil prices, bad weather and storage and distribution problem but by …
Sri Lanka police seek help to track train bomb suspect
June 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan police Wednesday said they were hunting for a 29-year-old man suspected to be involved in a bomb attack on an early …
Sri Lanka police hunts rail bomber
June 04, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded on a rail track as a train bound for the island's capital Colombo was passing through a southern suburb of the …
Sri Lanka rail blast injures 17
June 4, 2008 (LBO) – A blast ripped through a suburban rail track in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo in the early morning rush hour Wednesday, injuring at …
Sri Lanka blast in capital
June 4, 2008 (LBO) – A blast ripped through a suburb of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo in the early morning rush hour, the military said. Military spokesman …
India’s airlines face huge losses due to fuel prices: govt
NEW DELHI, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - India's airlines suffered a combined loss of nearly a billion dollars in the past financial year and the figure could double …
Oil bubble weakens as Fed signal pause in money printing
LONDON, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Wednesday, extending recent heavy losses made on the back of the stronger dollar, as investors awaited the …
Malaysian petrol price to jump 40 percent: PM
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Malaysia said petrol prices will jump 40 percent from Thursday, as it moves to cut the spiralling cost of subsidies despite …