Sri Lanka glove exporter enters Indian market: report
Feb 18, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's rubber gloves exporter Dipped Products Ltd. (DPL) has announced plans to enter the Indian market in partnership with …
China ‘concerned’, Australia backs Kosovo split
PARIS, Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) - Australia on Monday became the lastest nation to welcome Kosovo's declaration of independence, joining the United States and …
EU divided over Kosovo independence, Russia opposes
MOSCOW, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - Russia angrily condemned Kosovo's declaration of independence on Sunday and while many major powers are expected to recognise the …
Sri Lanka tv newsman stalked by mystery gang, says watchdog
Feb 18, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan journalists who expose government corruption are being subject to harassment and intimidation, the Free Media Movement …
Weekend battles kill 51 in Sri Lanka: defence ministry
Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting raged in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the defence ministry said, reporting that 49 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers …
Sri Lanka says Kosovo independence a threat to world peace
COLOMBO, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Sunday that Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia could set an "unmanageable precedent" and threaten …
Germany reels over fat cat tax probe
BERLIN, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - Germany braced Sunday for more fallout from the worst tax evasion scandal in its history, exposed by a mysterious informant who …
Laws hamper media coverage of Maoist story
RAIPUR, India, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - As the state at the epicentre of India's Maoist insurgency battles the rebels, journalists say they too are finding …
High inflation oil-subsidizing Iran to spend US3bn importing fuel
TEHRAN, Feb 16, 2008 (AFP) - Iran's parliament on Saturday approved a three-billion-dollar spending plan to fund diesel and petrol imports during the next …
Sri Lanka military claims 20 Tiger rebels killed
Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan forces killed at least 20 Tamil Tiger guerrillas in clashes in the north of the island at the weekend, defence officials said …
Transition
Feb 17, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's NDB Bank has announced that its Deputy Chief Executive Officer Eran Wickramaratne will succeed Nihal Welikala as the …
Arabian Luxury
Feb 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's State Engineering Corporation (SEC) has clinched a deal to build a $125mn luxury housing project in Qatar, construction …
Ward Rounds
Feb 16, 2008 (LBO) – A ban on representatives of Sri Lanka's healthcare firms visiting hospitals has been lifted following a presidential order after the …
India opens massive weapons fair, denies arming for war
NEW DELHI, Feb 16, 2008 (AFP) - A massive defence fair opened in India's capital Saturday, with hundreds of global weapons firms competing for billions of …
WHO wants tobacco firms to stop smuggling with new treaty
GENEVA, Feb 15, 2008 (AFP) - The World Health Organisation announced Friday that it planned to adopt a new international treaty on the illegal tobacco trade by …
US scientists pinpoint 14 top technological challenges
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb 16, 2008 (AFP) - The US National Academy of Engineering has announced the grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century that, …
Sri Lanka’s Jayawardene says batsmen must lift
PERTH, Australia, Feb 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team needed to play smarter cricket at international level after this …
Sri Lanka airforce bombs rebel base: ministry
Feb 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's airforce kept up air strikes on suspected Tamil Tiger rebel targets in the island's north for the third day in a row on …
Sri Lanka shares fall, high interest rates herald uncertainty
Feb 15, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares ended lower Friday with transactions in Royal Ceramics and HNB non-voting shares the main feature of the day but …
Arm’s Reach
Feb 15, 2008 (LBO) – International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private sector financing arm, has given a 75 million dollar standby loan for …