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The Ceylon Tourist Board chairman Udaya Nanayakkara says the board will spend over US$ 7 million this year to promote the Indian Ocean Island as an up-market …
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Sri Lanka faces a "critical period" in its faltering peace process and failure to cut a deal with Tiger rebels over tsunami relief could jeopardise foreign aid …
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KANDY, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's hopes to firm up two billion dollars in pledged tsunami aid at a donor meeting here Monday will be overshadowed by political …
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The Monetary Board raised short term interest rates by 25 basis points for May and opted to pursue open market operations more aggressively to curb spiralling …
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The Monetary Board raised its short term interest rates by 25 basis points and opted to pursue open market operations more aggressively to curb spiralling …
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World Bank Vice President Praful Patel leads Bank team for aid meet
Vice President of the World Bank Praful Patel will lead the Bank team to Sri Lanka’s aid meet starting Monday, with poverty reduction goals firmly on the …
US agrees to defer US$ 40 mn in Sri Lanka’s debt, repayable over 4 years
The United States will defer US$ 40 mn in Sri Lanka’s debt for one year, on condition the savings are routed for tsunami relief in affected coastal regions …
Pledges not the issue, getting the money is
The donor parley meeting in Kandy on May 16-17 will be sweet talked to cough up the remainder of the US$ 2 bn in aid pledged in the aftermath of the December …
Law to revamp Tourist Board with private sector seats, may get Parliament nod
New laws to revamp the Tourist Board and get the private sector involved in spending marketing dollars, may get the Parliament go-ahead next week, despite …
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The Asian Human Rights Commission has pulled up three cases of gross medical negligence in local hospitals in the past two weeks alone, saying victims have no …
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Religious minorities under threat in Sri Lanka: UN official
A top United Nations official Thursday warned that religious minorities in the predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka could be persecuted under proposed laws aimed …
Sri Lanka says no return to war as donors fear for peace process
Sri Lanka vowed Thursday the country would not return to war despite a deadlock in peace talks and failure to strike a deal with Tamil rebels on tsunami relief …
Stock Exchange to open doors for five new members
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