Four South Asian nations, including Sri Lanka, accused of doping offences
COLOMBO, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Athletes from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal tested positive for banned substances at last month's South Asian Games here, …
COLOMBO, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Athletes from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal tested positive for banned substances at last month's South Asian Games here, …
COLOMBO, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were deployed at a Muslim town in the island's east to quell rioting following the massacre of 10 residents, …
NEW YORK, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Eleven developing economies clubbed together Wednesday to unveil a new forum aimed at easing their debt burden, narrowing the …
SINGAPORE, September 20 (LBO) –Singapore-based luxury resort and spa chain Banyan Tree has shelved plans for Sri Lanka, as the leisure industry takes a …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Tourist and business traffic from Sri Lanka to Thailand is expected to go on as normal following a military coup there, with few …
Sept 20 (LBO) – The government has offered private traders space on board state chartered vessels carrying food to war torn Jaffna on possible commercial …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Millennium Information Technologies (MIT) said Wednesday it had developed an automated trading system for the Nairobi …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Payphone operator Tritel Services Limited said Wednesday it would slash outgoing call charges by 33 percent, expanding reach into rural …
SINGAPORE, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - The overthrow of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra marked the culmination of a crisis partly triggered by the …
COLOMBO, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Three people were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northeast Sri Lanka, police said Wednesday, and a curfew was put in place …
COLOMBO, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - The fear of bomb attacks in Sri Lanka following an upsurge in violence has spawned extra security checks, making daily life more …
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Asia remains a vast area of untapped commercial possibility for cricketing authorities but all the elements are in place …
NEW YORK, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels have stepped up killings of civilians in a surge of violence this year that has …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - A ship suspected of ferrying weapons to Tamil rebels that was sunk by the Sri Lankan military originated in Indonesia and more …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger targets in the island's east Tuesday, officials said, while rebel mortars killed …
POTTUVIL, Sept 18 (AFP) - The bodies of 10 Muslim men found hacked to death were buried in the farming village of Pottuvil on Monday as the Tamil Tiger rebels …
SINGAPORE, September 19, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka said Tuesday it was moving towards eliminating oil subsidies that are threatening to blow a hole in the …
Sept 19 (LBO) - The controversy over the sudden recall of police investigators probing the GoldQuest scheme took a new turn, with the authorities denying that …
SINGAPORE, September 18, 2006 (LBO) – The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private sector lender, is scaling up operations in …
Sept 18 (LBO) - High commodity prices could up the bargaining power of plantation worker unions, as talks with plantation companies to raise wages, begin next …