Dollar dives to new low against euro after Fed rate cut
NEW YORK, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - The dollar slid to new lows against the euro and the pound Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve cut a quarter-point from …
NEW YORK, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - The dollar slid to new lows against the euro and the pound Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve cut a quarter-point from …
Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - Judging by Sri Lankan government accounts of Tamil Tiger dead after decades of fighting, there should hardly be any rebels left. Yet the …
Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - A top World Bank official on Thursday urged Sri Lanka to cut a political deal with Tamil rebels to help spur economic growth which has been …
Nov 01, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is depending on women to earn foreign revenues more than any other country in the world with the bulk of worker …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka treasury yields plummeted at Wednesday's auction with the benchmark 3-month bill falling 143 basis points to 15. online pharmacy …
Oct 31, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankan conglomerate Aitken Spence has announced that it has bought another island resort in the Maldivian archipelago where it …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's bribery and corruption commission has vast powers to probe official misdeeds but cannot act except on a complaint and …
GENEVA, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - The UN's top torture expert, Manfred Nowak, said on Tuesday that torture -- including beatings, asphyxiation and burning -- was …
MALE, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - The Maldives has built South Asia's most successful economy based on luxury tourism, but the atoll nation is now facing religious …
NEW DELHI, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries moved swiftly Tuesday to deny a report that company chief Mukesh Ambani has become the …
Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday formally suggested to Australia to mark their upcoming Test series with a trophy named after spin rivals …
Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has imposed blanket censorship on war reporting, officials said Wednesday, a week after a devastating attack on its air force, …
Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka imposed censorship on war reporting a week after Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a devastating attack on the country's air force, …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) - A media rights body has called for an open inquiry in to the shooting of an online journalist in Colombo, days after government withdrew …
GENEVA, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - The UN's top torture expert, Manfred Nowak, said on Tuesday that torture -- including beatings, asphyxiation and burning -- was …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's inflation rocketed 3.8 percent in October driving consumer prices in the capital Colombo during the past 12-months to …
Oct 30, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should encourage more workers to seek employment abroad as worker remittances will immensely help economic development …
Oct 30, 2007 (LBO) – Consolidated net profits of Sri Lanka's top celco Dialog Telekom fell 6.9 percent to 2.43 billion rupees, while revenues rose 29 …
BEIJING, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Birth defects in heavily polluted China have increased by nearly 40 percent since 2001, with a deformed baby born every 30 …
SINGAPORE, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Oil retreated in Asian trade Tuesday after spiking to a historic high of over 93 dollars on geopolitical concerns in the Middle …