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Sri Lankan presidential poll turns into vote on peace process: analysts

Pre-poll pacts by the prime minister have effectively turned Sri Lanka's presidential vote into a referendum on Norway's peace bid and cast doubts on a 3.2 …

Four men shot dead outside Colombo

Four men were shot dead today and their bodies dumped in a car parked inside a cemetery just outside the capital Colombo, police said. Four men were shot dead …

Explosions at Sri Lanka fireworks factory kill three

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Norway’s new government offers to maintain Sri Lanka peace bid

Norway's government-elect will offer to continue peace mediation efforts in Sri Lanka "in whatever manner the parties want," top peace envoy Erik Solheim told …

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Sri Lanka PM agrees to scrap plans to share power with Tigers

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse Thursday signed a deal with the main Marxist party under which he agreed to drop plans to share power with Tiger …

The ADB’s growth projection for Sri Lanka for 2005 edged down marginally

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NTB – MLL merger put up for approval

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Tigers reject truce talks at Sri Lanka airport

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas have rejected peace broker Norway's call to hold talks on salvaging their fragile truce with the Colombo government at the …

Sri Lanka president and PM at loggerheads over peace moves

Sri Lanka's outgoing president will press ahead with plans to share power with minority Tamils in exchange for peace even though her prime minister has …

Sri Lanka’s co-chairs of peace gather in two weeks for extraordinary meeting

Peacebroker Norway said Wednesday that Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels will be invited to meet soon at the international airport to review their …

July garment imports take a dip

Garment exports dropped two percent to US$ 263 million in July, ending a long growth standing streak due to higher costs and competition after the quote regime …

Sri Lanka to support food aid flexibility at international trade talks.

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Marxists back Sri Lanka PM for presidency, say he agrees to redraft truce

Sri Lanka's influential Marxist party said Monday it would support Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse for the presidency after he promised to drop plans for a …

Government thinking of giving tsunami victims money to buy land

Sri Lanka government says it is thinking of giving tsunami victims money to buy land to rebuild their homes, eight months after the tsunami. online pharmacy …

Government-LTTE stuck on a venue

The Sri Lankan government’s spokesperson said on Thursday, that holding talks with the LTTE in a foreign country, was “not acceptable,” but that a new …

Rajapaksa only Sri Lankan candidate at Presidential polls

Sri Lanka’s ruling party says it is lining up political support behind Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the common national candidate for Presidential …

Cost of living increasing but at slower pace

Cost of living in Sri Lanka still going up despite the contribution by the Yala harvest, says the Central Bank. online pharmacy levaquin no prescription …

Will Asia meet its MDGs?

World leaders will gather in New York in September to assess progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) they set five years ago. online pharmacy …

Kumaratunga: Sri Lanka’s daughter of destiny, mother of destruction

Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga who steps down in December came to power promising to scrap the very office which she fought to cling to after 11 …