Sri Lanka to launch two year tourism promotion campaign
Feb 21, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will launch a "comprehensive mega tourism promotional campaign" to boost arrivals including from newly developing markets, …
Waiting Game
Feb 21, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company, a unit of British American Tobacco said it will sell packs without graphic labels until a court …
Queries
Feb 21, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main opposition has charged that a multi-billion dollar sea reclamation deal has been given to a Chinese company blacklisted …
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.5-pct
Feb 20, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.50 percent retreating for the sixth straight day with losses in the tobacco and banking stocks, brokers …
Bridge Plan
Feb 20, 2014 (LBO) - Japan will fund a 35 billion yen (343mn US dollar) bridge connecting Sri Lanka's capital Colombo with an expressway network, information …
Cricket: Sehwag and Murali to star for MCC in Abu Dhabi
LONDON, February 20, 2014 (AFP) - India's Virender Sehwag is to captain Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in their four-day match against English champion county …
Indian PM opposes release of Rajiv Gandhi killers
NEW DELHI, February 20, 2014 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh denounced plans to free former premier Rajiv Gandhi's killers as an attack on the …
Sri Lanka in constant battle to keep up coin supply
Feb 20, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank is battling to keep the country supplied with coins as metal prices go up and coins disappear from circulation …
Sri Lanka prosperity up by revised index: Central Bank
Feb 20, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's prosperity has risen by 6.8 percent over 2012 according to an index compiled by the Central Bank, which has been revised with …
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields ease
Feb 19, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields edged lower across maturities at Wednesday's auction with the 12 month yield down 02 basis points to 6. buy …
Sri Lanka shares close down 0.5-pct
Feb 19, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.59 percent retreating for the fifth consecutive day with losses in the index heavy tobacco and diversified …
Island Branch
Feb 18, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon, the island's largest bank by assets said it had opened a branch in Seychelles. online pharmacy buy …
Sri Lanka cabinet approves integrated resort investments
Feb 19, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved investment concessions for three integrated resort projects which appear to limit income tax …
Lessons
COLOMBO, February 19, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan delegation headed to South Africa Wednesday to study the work of a post-apartheid truth commission as pressure …
Released
NEW DELHI, February 19, 2014 (AFP) - The chief minister of an Indian state Wednesday ordered the release of all seven people jailed for plotting the …
Energy-starved Pakistan sets sights on coal
GADANI, February 19, 2014 (AFP) - After years of rolling blackouts that have wreaked havoc on industry and fuelled political unrest, energy-starved Pakistan …
White House counters nationalist attacks on trade freedom efforts
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2014 (AFP) - The White House moved Tuesday to fend off criticism of its efforts to seal two new giant free trade pacts, saying the …
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.5-pct
Feb 18, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks close 0.57 percent lower for the forth consecutive day with tobacco and diversified stocks losing ground amid net foreign …
Commuted
NEW DELHI, February 18, 2014 (AFP) - India's Supreme Court commuted the death sentences Tuesday for three killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, citing …
Deadly Detention
SYDNEY, February 17, 2014 (AFP) - One person was killed and 77 injured during a second night of rioting at an Australian immigration detention centre on Papua …