Sri Lanka struggling to revive 23 busted state firms: report
Nov 14, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is struggling to revive 23 troubled state enterprises, with salaries being paid with people's tax money and hundreds of million …
Sri Lanka expropriation law slammed in newspaper poll
Nov 13, 2011 (LBO) - An overwhelming 98.4 percent of respondents in a newspaper poll found fault with a law to selectively expropriate some three dozen firms …
Sri Lankan nationalisation law criticised
November 13, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new law to nationalise "under utilised" private firms could shatter investor confidence and push the country into …
South Asia vows to boost trade as tensions ease
ADDU, November 11, 2011 (AFP) - South Asian leaders ended a summit in the Maldives Friday with pledges to increase regional trade as arch rivals India and …
Commonwealth Games: Australia’s Gold Coast named 2018 host
SYDNEY, November 12, 2011 (AFP) - Australia was celebrating Saturday as the Commonwealth Games Federation picked Queensland's Gold Coast to host the 2018 Games …
Sri Lanka could cooperate more with South Asia on tax: experts
Nov 13, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tax authorities should cooperate more with South Asian counterparts to be more vigilant of tax evasion by cross-border …
Sri Lanka stocks end up 0.3-pct
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed firmer Friday but trading sank to a new recent low with uncertainty over a business expropriation law adding to …
Hatton Profits
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Profits of Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank rose 32 percent to 1,380 million rupees in the September 2011 quarter, from a year earlier, …
Flat Quarter
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank group reported profits of 529 million rupees in the September 2011 quarter, hardly changed from 524 million a year …
Management Skills
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - BRC Partnership, a consultancy based in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, is to provide management training and coaching for businesses in …
Ad Hominem
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan lawmakers expressed deep concern over a hastily passed expropriation law, which they said arrogated judicial and executive …
Biometric Barrier
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Two Sri Lankan visa applicants for travel to the United Kingdom were arrested this week when their attempt to use fake identities were …
Expanding Platform
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka founded MilleniumIT, now a part of the London Stock Exchange group said it will provide securities trading and clearing …
China seeks greater role in SAARC
ADDU, November 11, 2011 (AFP) - China is seeking an active role in the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, an official said Friday, …
India, Pakistan PMs vow to start ‘new chapter’
ADDU, November 10, 2011 (AFP) - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan said Thursday they expected to open a "new chapter" at future talks between the rival …
Sri Lanka’s Malinga holds key in one-day series
DUBAI, November 10, 2011 (AFP) - Rival captains Misbah-ul Haq and Tillakaratne Dilshan agreed sling-action paceman Lasith Malinga could make the difference …
Sri Lanka BOI deletes page promising freedom from expropriation
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Board of Investment, the state investment promotion agency, has deleted a page which 'guaranteed' investors freedom from …
Two rhino species bite the dust: Red List
PARIS, November 10, 2011 (AFP) - Several species of rhino have been poached into extinction or to the point of no return, according to an update of the Red …
India-Pakistan talks amid warming ties
ADDU, November 9, 2011 (AFP) - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet Thursday at a summit of South Asian leaders, with signs of warming relations …
Asian markets slump amid global fears for Italy
HONG KONG, November 10, 2011 (AFP) - Asian stock markets slumped on Thursday after Wall Street suffered a pummelling, with a surge in Italy's borrowing costs …