Sri Lanka President wants latest cricketer retirement probed
Sept 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has asked the country's sports minister to investigate all-rounder Upul Chandana's hasty retirement. …
Fresh Sri Lanka violence kills 15
Sept 8, 2007 (AFP) - At least 15 people were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka's embattled northern and eastern regions, military officials said Saturday. …
Sri Lanka rupee trades at new low, foreign names sell bonds
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka rupee traded at a new low of 113. online pharmacy buy spiriva inhaler with best prices today in the USA buy levofloxacin …
Hard Place
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's HSBC branch defended its record in the island following a threat by the country's opposition leader to cancel its …
Doing Ok
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) – Fitch Rating Lanka has confirmed the 'AA(lka)' national long-term rating of DFCC Bank, the 'AA(lka)' rating of its senior …
Full Toss
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Insurance, has announced an agreement with the Sri Lanka Cricketers' Association to be the official life insurance …
Freight Brand
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Hayleys conglomerate is setting up its own freight forwarding operation under a new brand name in India after parting …
Sentenced
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan court Friday sentenced four directors of an export company that went bust several years ago to jail and imposed fines in the …
Greenspan says latest turbulence similar to previous bubbles: report
WASHINGTON, Sept 7, 2007 (AFP) - Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan compares the current financial market turbulence to prior crises that have …
Money printing Zimbabwe devalues currency by a hundred fold
HARARE, 2007 (AFP) - The Zimbabwean government on Thursday announced a devaluation of its currency against the US dollar by more than a hundred fold in a bid …
Australian drought threatens to push wheat prices higher
SYDNEY, (AFP) - Drought could wipe out Australia's wheat crop despite expectations that the country's worst dry spell for a century was easing, Trade Minister …
ECB, Bank of England hold rates steady, dollar weakens
NEW YORK, Sept 6, 2007 (AFP) - The dollar weakened against the euro and other currencies Wednesday after the European Central Bank opted to keep borrowing …
Djokovic and Ferrer set up US Open semi
NEW YORK, Sept 6, 2007 (AFP) - Serb shot-maker Novak Djokovic and Spanish grafter David Ferrer on Thursday set up a US semi-final showdown for a possible …
Sri Lanka presses France to clamp down on Tamil Tigers
PARIS, Sept 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's foreign minister said Thursday he had won assurances from French authorities that they will take action to curb the …
Sri Lanka tightens labour laws
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is doubling the time given under its labour laws for aggrieved employees to seek redress, rolling a back a previous …
Eyes Skinned
Sept 05, 2007 (LBO) – Fitch Sri Lanka said it was maintaining a rating watch on six regional banks which was imposed following a government announcement …
Sri Lanka leisure firms asked to list in Maldives
Sept 06, 2007 (LBO) - Maldives has asked Sri Lankan firms operating resorts in the atoll nation to sell a part of their stake through a stock market flotation, …
Sri Lanka to encourage cashew cultivation, consumption
Sept 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has started a programme to encourage the cultivation and consumption of cashew nuts, saying it is good for health and has …
Regressive Tax
Sept 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has dropped a controversial fixed levy from mobile phones which would have hit the poorest phone users the hardest, but …
More Cash
Sept 06, 2007 (LBO) – Massachusetts-based Virtusa Corp., an IT services firm with operations in Sri Lanka that raised 57 million dollars from a NASDAQ …