Sri Lanka onion prices to rise after Indian export ban
Dec 21, 2010 (LBO) - Prices of onions and leeks in Sri Lanka could rise after India's decision to suspend exports of onions, a trade official said. Sri Lanka …
Sri Lanka turns to heritage homes
Dec 17, 2010 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government is encouraging owners of heritage homes to convert them into tourist accommodation as it gets ready to meet an …
Sri Lanka Shangri-La leisure project would be US$500mn: minister
Dec 16, 2010 (LBO) - Hong Kong based leisure group Shangri-La will invest 500 million US dollars in a hotel project on the main beachfront of Sri Lanka's …
Sri Lanka gets US$500mn worth tourism proposals for 10 islets
Dec 16, 2010 (LBO) - Eleven leisure firms have submitted proposals worth 500 million US dollars to build hotels and other leisure facilities in 10 islets off …
Sri Lanka gets 30 proposals for reservoir tourism: minister
Dec 01, 2010 (LBO) - Thirty parties have responded to a call for proposals to operate boat and leisure services at major reservoirs in Sri Lanka, irrigation …
Sri Lanka beachfront investment next week: Treasury Secy
Nov 24, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is expecting up to 500 million US dollars of investments on a key beachfront re-development in Colombo with the first project to …
Sri Lanka to end tax breaks for small projects
Nov 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will stop giving tax holidays for investment projects smaller than 5.online pharmacy …
Telecom Tower
Nov 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will start building a 350-metre telecom tower in the capital Colombo in December and intends to sell shares to the public in a …
Default Warning
Oct 11, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Credit Information Bureau (CRIB) is to launch an 'e-alert' service using mobile phones and email to warn banks of defaulters …
Sri Lanka private sector employees to get new pension scheme
Sept 24, 2010 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government plans to introduce a pension scheme for private sector employees soon, Gamini Lokuge, Minister of Labour …
Sri Lanka domestic air services chased by 13 firms: official
July 19, 2010 (LBO ) - Thirteen firms that applied to start domestic air services in Sri Lanka after the end of a 30-year war are awaiting the final nod from …
Sri Lanka slashes vehicles import duty; lifts import surcharge
June 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has slashed an import excise duty on vehicles by 50 percent amid a pick up in the economy and demand for vehicles, lifted a …
Sri Lanka voter turnout may top 70-pct: monitors
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - More than 70 percent of Sri Lanka's registered electors are estimated to have turned out to vote in Tuesday's presidential polls, though …
Sri Lanka to conduct first nation-wide census after 30-years
August 4, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is getting ready to conduct its first nation-wide census, covering all 25 administrative districts for the first time in …
Sri Lanka activist targets 40 privatizations
June 9, 2009 (LBO) - A left-oriented politician who has successfully returned a large insurer back into state hands through court action says there about 40 …
Sri Lanka roadside blasts sugar firm tractor, one killed
May 05, 2009 (LBO) – One person was killed Tuesday morning when a tractor belonging to a private sugar plantation was caught in a roadside bomb in …
Sri Lanka ex-Tiger gets top ruling party post
April 24, 2008 (LBO) - A former Tamil Tiger who ran the group's arm in Eastern Sri Lanka has been appointed to a deputy chairman post in the ruling Lanka …
Sri Lanka airport firm gets new boss
Mar 30, 2009 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government has appointed Prasanna Wickramasuriya as the new chairman of Airport and Aviation Services Ltd. online pharmacy …
Sri Lanka Overseas Realty apartment sales slow
March 05, 2009 (LBO) – Overseas Realty (Ceylon) Ltd. (ORCL) said it is finding it difficult to sell apartments in a new high-rise condominium complex …
Sri Lanka GSP+ extended till probe over
Dec 02, 2008 (LBO) – Trade concessions from the European Union have been extended till about the middle of next year until a probe on Sri Lanka's …