Sri Lanka close to signing power purchase deal with India JV
Aug 01, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is close to signing a power purchase deal with an Indian joint venture coal plant, a top …
Cricket: Dilshan stars as Sri Lanka thrash South Africa
COLOMBO, July 31, 2013 (AFP) - Tillakaratne Dilshan narrowly missed a second successive century as Sri Lanka whipped South Africa by 128 runs in Colombo on …
German envoy meets Allianz junior footballers
Aug 01, 2013 (LBO) - Isuru Weerasinghe and Roshen Subash, two Sri Lankan youngsters who will attend a football camp in Munich backed by Allianz Lanka, an …
Sri Lanka sets date for polls in former war zone
August 1, 2013 (AFP) - Residents of Sri Lanka's former war zone will go to the polls in September in a regional election expected to hand limited autonomy to …
Sri Lanka’s ‘B+’ rating confirmed by S&P; warns on debt, institutions
Aug 01, 2013 (LBO) - Standard and Poor's has confirmed Sri Lanka's 'B+' sovereign rating with a stable outlook but warned on government debt and weak …
Sri Lanka 12-month Treasuries yield falls
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's 12-month Treasuries yield fell 04 basis points to 10.52 percent at Wednesday's auction, data from the state debt office said. …
Sri Lanka sovereign and banking forum by Fitch
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings will hold a sovereign and banking roundtable forum in Colombo on August 06, where senior analysts from the rating agency …
Expansion Plan
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) expects to invest in foreign ports and look for opportunities in terminal management, a …
Property Rights
HANOI, July 31, 2013 (AFP) - A Vietnamese fish farmer who became a folk hero after he used homemade weapons to resist forced eviction has lost his appeal …
No Probe
July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's finance ministry was not probing an allegation of pay-offs in a land deal with India's Krrish group because there was no …
Suspects
LONDON, July 30, 2013 (AFP) - Almost 100 foreign suspected war criminals were found to be living in Britain last year after applying for citizenship or asylum, …
Platform Sale
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka-based MillenniumIT, a unit of London Stock Exchange group said it had won deal to sell its securities trading platform to …
India’s central bank governor set to ‘move on’: report
MUMBAI, July 31, 2013 (AFP) - India's central bank governor has decided to "move on" and a hunt for his successor is underway, the country's finance minister …
Sri Lanka creates free zones for entrepot trade, off-shore business
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has declared two seaports as 'free ports' and an airport and two export processing zones as bonded areas, for entrepot trade …
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July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run ports agency is planning a liquid natural gas terminal in its southern port in Hambantota for power generation and …
Sri Lanka’s inflation up 6.1-pct in July 2013
July 31, 2013 (LBO)- Consumer prices in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo rose 6.1 percent in July 2013 from year earlier easing from 6.8 percent in June, with the …
Sri Lanka raises hard alcohol, beer taxes
July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has raised taxes on hard alcohol by 75 rupees a litre and beer by 10 rupees per litre along with cigarettes which will help …
Sri Lanka raises fag taxes to boost revenues
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Sri Lanka 15-year bond yield falls at auction
July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's 15-year bond yield fall at auction by 11 basis points to 12. buy valtrex online …
Sri Lanka stocks close flat
July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's stocks closed flat Tuesday for a second consecutive day with activity seen in the large cap stocks and some banking stocks, …