Trade Discounts
Sept 25 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has slashed tariffs by up to 70 percent on top imports like cement imported duty free from India, under a trade deal with the …
Sept 25 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has slashed tariffs by up to 70 percent on top imports like cement imported duty free from India, under a trade deal with the …
COLOMBO, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan woman sprinter denied Monday taking performance enhancing drugs during the South Asian Games in Colombo last month, …
COLOMBO, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Monday denied forcing minority Muslims to quit a coastal town where 17 aid workers of a French …
COLOMBO, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy and Tamil Tiger rebels fought a fierce sea battle on Monday, with both sides giving conflicting casualty …
SINGAPORE, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - Oil prices fell back below 60 dollars in Asian trade Monday to their lowest level in six months, before regaining some ground, …
LONDON, Sept 24, 2006 (AFP) - Islamic finance is soaring around the world owing to an influx of petro-dollars from the Middle East and growing demand by …
Sept 24 (AFP) - Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan troops waged artillery duels Sunday in the embattled east, the military said, in continued fighting despite a push …
NEW YORK, Sept 23, 2006 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged her Sri Lankan counterpart here Saturday to make a concerted effort in planned …
COLOMBO, Sept 22 (AFP) - The Maldivian government freed a top political dissident from house arrest Friday, opening the door for talks with the opposition on …
GENEVA, Sept 22 (AFP) - International and Sri Lankan human rights campaigners on Friday called for a United Nations inquiry into abuses against civilians by …
Sept 22 (LBO) - Some Sri Lankan banks that are shifting traffic off its counters and to self service channels like teller machines and home banking, are doing …
Sept 22 (LBO) –Savers in Sri Lanka, who are losing money because of negative real interest rates in the country, stand to recoup their losses if they get …
Sept 22 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan telecom firm shifted its call centre out of the capital to a lower-cost central region of the island, in a trendsetting move …
JAKARTA, Sept 22, 2006 (AFP) - Asia must dramatically boost investment in infrastructure in the next decade or risk losing its global competitive edge, the …
BANGKOK, Sept 22 (AFP) - Thailand may seize the assets of ousted billionaire prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the new military junta said on Friday. "It's …
BEIJING, Sept 21 (AFP) - Chinese police have busted a "cult-like" pyramid sales scam involving up to 500,000 people that amassed two billion yuan (250 million …
LONDON, Sept 22, 2006 (AFP) - Britain's foreign ministry tightened up its advice Friday to travellers in north and east Sri Lanka after at least six people …
COLOMBO, Sept 22(AFP) - At least six civilians were killed in separate incidents across Sri lanka's embattled northeast, the defence ministry here said Friday. …
Sept 21 (LBO) – Another round of Indo-Lanka trade talks ended this week, with no firm agreement on resuming controversial duty free exports of vanaspati …
SHANGHAI, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Financial regulators in China are mulling loosening regulations for foreign banks after criticism that proposed lending rules …