Sri Lanka names Twenty20 squad
July 7, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday named a 30-man preliminary squad for the inaugural Twenty20 world championships in South Africa in September. Sri …
Sri Lanka says 19 killed in attacks
July 7, 2007 (AFP) - Fifteen Tamil Tiger rebels were shot dead as they fled from troops on tractors, the Sri Lankan government said on Saturday, while four …
Sri Lanka says military kills three rebels
July 7, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops have killed three suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's embattled north and east, the defence ministry said on …
Sri Lanka had low inflation only with fiscal discipline: minister
July 07, 2007 (LBO) – The state was not in a position to control prices of imported goods and price levels can only be stabilized by stopping money …
Smooth Payments
July 06, 2007 (LBO) – South Asian countries need to modernise their payments systems to cope with rapidly increasing cross border trade and investment …
Hard Drive
July 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) says is aggressively chasing the motor insurance sector, an official said. SLIC says its …
Workers Money
July 06, 2007 (LBO) – The managers of Sri Lanka's largest private sector retirement fund have responded to criticism that its money is being used to fund …
Graft Block
July 6, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan civil society has developed an action plan to counter corruption with help from USAID's Anti-Corruption Program (ACP), …
Tech Tour
July 06, 2007 (LBO) – A delegation from Sri Lanka's information technology companies will attend the IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) summit in …
Britain’s money printing rate hits 5.75 percent
LONDON, July 5, 2007 (AFP) - The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 5. buy hydroxychloroquine online …
Tobacco giant tries research trick in Asia
SEOUL, July 6, 2007 (AFP) - South Korean health campaigners Friday criticised three university hospitals for accepting more than one million dollars from a US …
Don’t buy cars so fast, pleads Chinese mayor
BEIJING, July 6, 2007 (AFP) - The mayor of one of China's showpiece economic cities has urged his 11 million residents to stop buying cars in a bid to ease …
Bangladesh go down fighting as Sri Lanka clinch series
July 5, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka saw off a record stand between two young Bangladesh batsmen to win the second cricket Test by an innings and 90 runs with two …
Don’t Open
July 06, 2007 (LBO) – Opening up Sri Lanka's electricity sector to foreign competition under international free trade rules that are being negotiated …
Sri Lankan apparel to get wider access to Indian market
July 06, 2007 (LBO) – India has agreed to lift restrictions relating to fabric origins on duty free Sri Lankan apparel exports to the sub-continent …
Sri Lanka central bank to retail treasuries
July 05, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank will use its regional offices to sell government securities to rural investors, the bank said, as real returns …
Retail Collection
July 05, 2007 (LBO) – HSBC has tied up with Singer Sri Lanka, a household durables firm, to use its network of outlets to collects payments for credit …
Finance Probe
July 05, 2007 (LBO) – A presidential commission of inquiry probing the collapse of a string of finance companies in Sri Lanka has begun questioning …
Joint Effort
July 05, 2007 (LBO) – Senior officials from South Asian central and commercial banks will meet in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Friday to discuss the …
No Deal
July 05, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's construction industry has successfully lobbied the government to defer the liberalisation of construction and related …