Sri Lankan jeep team mates in Malaysian rainforest challenge
Jan 14, 2008(LBO) – A Sri Lankan team which participated in the Malaysian Rainforest Challenge and emerged first runner up, relates the story of a …
Sri Lanka says no immediate ban on Tamil Tigers
Jan 14, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government Monday told a visiting Japanese peace envoy that there was no immediate need to proscribe the Tamil …
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Jan 13, 2008 (LBO) - A second catering firm has set up shop in Sri Lanka's international airport in Katunayake, breaking a 30 year monopoly held by national …
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Jan 13, 2008 (LBO) - EDEX 2008, top higher education and career exhibition held this January, will give priority to emerging opportunities in the ICT sector, …
Zimbabweans off banks after cash crunch
HARARE, Jan 13, 2008 (AFP) - Kennedy Tsambo's faith in Zimbabwe's banking system finally hit breaking point over Christmas when he spent an ultimately …
Troubled Gulf Air places US$4bn Boeing order
MANAMA, Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - The Bahrain-based airline Gulf Air has ordered 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliners valued at around four billion dollars and taken options …
Sri Lanka cricket chief urges umpiring revamp
Jan 13, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cricket chief and World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Sunday called for a revamping of the umpiring system in …
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Jan 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has raised fuel prices from midnight Sunday with petrol and furnace oil going up by 10 rupees, diesel 5 rupees and …
Sri Lankan betel farmers benefit from Pakistan buying: minister
Jan 12, 2008 (LBO) – Pakistan's removal of a quota on Sri Lankan betel leaf exports has helped raise the quality of life among growers in three of the …
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Jan 12, 2007 (LBO) – Credit cards purported to have been issued by two Sri Lankan banks were found with a British national arrested in India over a …
Most Chinese unhappy at work, seek big pay rises: survey
BEIJING, Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - Fewer than one in eight Chinese are happy at work, with most complaining about dead-end jobs and wages eroded by record …
Obesity now a ‘lifestyle’ choice for Americans, expert says
WASHINGTON, Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - As adult obesity balloons in the United States, being overweight has become less of a health hazard and more of a lifestyle …
Sri Lanka’s top donors concerned over latest fighting
Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main financial backers Saturday voiced concern over the mounting bloodshed and called for a United Nations presence in the …
Sri Lanka fighting intensifies ahead of Japanese envoy visit
Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - Intense fighting across Sri Lanka's embattled northern district have left at least 39 rebels and soldiers dead, the military said …
Sri Lanka bond yields slightly up
Jan 11, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka bond yields edged up slightly after Friday's auction which raised two billion rupees for the government in one and two year …
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Jan 11, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shipping officials have questioned the validity of a recent World Bank ranking on logistics that placed the island even …
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Jan 11, 2007 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank has signed up with City Union Bank to start an investment banking unit in India, the two banks said in a …
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Jan 11, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's overcrowded top state cancer hospital would get a 140 bed transit facility to house outpatients, the newly launched …
Sri Lanka railway station blast in capital injures one
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