Sri Lanka resort planned by Banyan Tree, drops management deal
June 06, 2011 (LBO) - Singapore-based Banyan Tree Holdings said it was ending the management of a third party property in Sri Lanka but would develop its own …
Sri Lanka plantations industry in deal with unions on wages
June 06, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's regional plantations companies and estate labour unions have agreed to renew a two-year wage deal with a worker's basic wage …
Sri Lanka Insurance rating raised to ‘AA(lka)’
June 06, 2011 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings Lanka has upgraded Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation's (SLIC) National Long-Term rating and National Insurer Financial …
Sri Lanka Kuruwita Textile slips back into the red
June 06, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Kuruwita Textile Mills slipped back into the red in the financial year to March 2011 with sales also down and a new managing …
Sri Lanka state fisheries firm lose Rs59mn
June 05, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Fisheries Corporation, a state enterprise that retails fish has lost 59 million rupees in 2010 and has to better …
Bangladesh paralysed by opposition strike
DHAKA, June 5, 2011 (AFP) - Thousands of riot police and elite paramilitary forces were deployed in the Bangladeshi capital Sunday after violence ahead of a …
Sri Lanka skipper Dilshan defies England
LONDON, June 4, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan led from the front with an unbeaten century as the tourists fought back against England on …
Property Potential
June 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings is expanding its property business with the acquisition of a six-acre site in a suburb on a key road to …
Blanket Cover
June 4, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military tightened security ahead of the funeral Saturday of a protester killed while demonstrating against a controversial …
Sri Lanka under renewed pressure over war crimes
June 4, 2011 (AFP) - The United States said Saturday it remained "deeply concerned" about alleged Sri Lankan war crimes as it distanced itself from a junior US …
Sri Lanka shares end up 0.4-pct
June 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares ended higher after four days of falls with trade dominated once again by Colombo Land & Development Company, brokers …
Cinema Expansion
June 03, 2011 (LBO) - CT Land Development, owners of the Majestic City shopping mall in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo is building three cinemas on its fifth …
India opens new probe into possible telecom scam
NEW DELHI, June 2, 2011 (AFP) - India, reeling from a telecom graft scandal that has forced the resignation of one minister, is conducting an investigation …
Sri Lanka offers to probe ‘specific’ war crime claims
June 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top military commander offered on Thursday to probe "specific allegations" of war crimes during the country's fight against …
Sri Lanka monks join anti-pension protests
June 3, 2011 (AFP) - Hundreds of Buddhist monks took to the streets of Sri Lanka's capital Friday to express solidarity with factory workers protesting a …
Sri Lanka judicial independence seen weakening
June 03, 2011 (LBO) - The International Bar Association’s human rights arm said it was concerned over what it called "the increasing erosion of judicial …
Sri Lanka state withdraws controversial pension bill
June 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka minister of labour has withdrawn a proposed law to build a third state controlled pension fund from the salaries of private …
Sri Lanka deploys troops at free-trade zone
June 3, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka deployed heavily-armed troops around the country's main free-trade zone on Friday as tension mounted ahead of the weekend …
Sri Lanka defence spending seen as ‘vital investment’
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Sri Lanka shares end down 0.2-pct
June 02, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares ended weaker Thursday with heavy trading in property firm Colombo Land & Development Company, which got a new board of …