Cricket: Perera sets up Sri Lanka win over England
LONDON, May 20, 2014 (AFP) - Thisara Perera starred with both bat and ball as Sri Lanka gained revenge for their World Twenty20 defeat by England with a …
Sri Lanka’s third coal plant to start test runs
May 21, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's third 300 MegaWatt coal plant is to begin testing in two months and the second plant has just been handed over to state-run …
Sri Lanka shares close higher
May 20, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's shares closed 0.04 percent higher Tuesday with index heavy stocks gaining despite net foreign selling, brokers said. The …
Gold Credit
May 20, 2014 (LBO) - A credit guarantee scheme covering gold-backed loans or pawning advances will be set up so that banks will have more comfort to lend …
India’s Modi quick on Twitter diplomacy, no mention of US
NEW DELHI, May 19, 2014 (AFP) - India's prime minister-elect Narendra Modi has taken to Twitter to thank fellow leaders in Japan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and …
India’s Congress rejects Gandhis’ resignation offers
NEW DELHI, May 19, 2014 (AFP) - India's Sonia and Rahul Gandhi offered to resign Monday after leading the once-dominant Congress party to its worst-ever …
Sri Lanka online property site launched by Germany’s Rocket Internet
May 20, 2014 (LBO) - Lamudi, an online property and real estate portal started by German based Rocket Internet which focuses on emerging markets has launched a …
Sri Lanka holds rates, state guarantee for gold-backed loans: Central Bank
May 20, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank held policy rates at 6. buy clomiphene online …
Singer Sri Lanka debt downgraded to ‘A-(lka)’
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - Senior debt of Singer Sri Lanka Plc, a consumer durables maker has been downgraded one level to 'A-(lka)' by Fitch Ratings on falling …
Sri Lanka gilt dealers invited to trade in listed debt, REPOs in the offing
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - Colombo Stock Exchange has invited Sri Lanka's primary dealers in government debt and specialists in debt to register at the bourse to …
Sri Lanka stocks close higher
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's stocks closed 0.06 percent higher Monday with banking and telco stocks gaining amid net foreign buying, brokers said. NDB …
Container Depot
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - Logistics International Limited, a unit of Sri Lanka's Hayleys group said its container depot had been automated and efficiency boosted …
Macksons Properties in serviced apartment complex in Sri Lanka capital
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - Macksons Properties (Pvt) Ltd, will build a 655 million rupee, 100-room serviced apartment complex in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, the …
Sri Lanka’s Amaya Leisure profits up 6-pct
May 20, 2014 (LBO) - Profits at Amaya Leisure, controlled by Sri Lanka's Hayleys Plc, rose 6.2 percent to 135 million rupees in the March 2014 quarter from a …
Accounting Row
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - A legislator has renewed a call to publish audited accounts of Sri Lanka's Employees Provident Fund and table them in the parliament amid …
PM-elect Modi holds talks on India’s new right-wing govt
NEW DELHI, May 18, 2014 (AFP) - Prime minister-elect Narendra Modi summoned senior figures from his Hindu nationalist party on Sunday for talks on forming a …
SriLankan Airlines, Finnair codeshare flights take-off from June 02
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines and Finanair will begin code share flights from June 02, with flights to Frankfurt, Paris, Rome, London, Stockholm, …
Sri Lanka’s Hathurusinghe to coach Bangladesh cricket
SYDNEY, May 19, 2014 (AFP) - Chandika Hathurusinghe will leave his post as coach of the Sydney Thunder Twenty20 team to take up the head coaching role with …
Cricket: England want more Hales heroics against Sri Lanka
LONDON, May 19, 2014 (AFP) - England will hope history repeats itself when they begin their international programme against Sri Lanka with a lone Twenty20 …
Sri Lanka among ‘less indebted’ nations by UN measure: Central Bank
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka was a 'less indebted' nation on five out of six measures used by the United Nation's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and …