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Safe Deal

February 12 (LBO) – Sri Lanka wants an investment protection agreement with the Maldive Islands, visiting Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse said, while calling …

Alien Invasion

Feb 12, 2007 (LBO) – In the deep south of Sri Lanka, native vegetation at a fragile wetland nature reserve is being chocked-out by an implacable foreign …

Health Cover

Feb 03 (LBO) – Large numbers of refugees in Sri Lanka are at increased risk of insect borne diseases and failing health, with officials looking for new …

Feed Line

February 09 (LBO) – A ship carrying essential foodstuff from India is due to reach the Jaffna peninsular next week, an official said. The first ship had …

Political Storm

February 9 (LBO) - Three ministers in President Mahinda Rajapakse's government has been removed from their posts, officials and state television said. online …

Jumbo Records

February 8, 2007 (LBO) – Guinness World Records could start a new record category on jumbo sized cabinets of ministers if a formal request is made, a …

Wrong Country

GENEVA, Feb 6, 2007 (AFP) - A group of Sri Lankans who paid for jobs in the Gulf were locked into a building site in Iraq for two weeks before they realised …

Musical Chairs

February 02 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's 54-member jumbo cabinet is causing logistical headaches for parliamentary staff, with senior members who crossed over from the …

New Bird

Jan 31, 2007 (LBO) – A new airline has been approved to start domestic operations, using 19-seater aircraft, officials said. Daya Aviation is a division …

Brotherly Ties

Galle, January 29 (LBO) – Bilateral talks starting this week will further broaden economic ties between India and Sri Lanka, while aid volumes to the …

Sold Out

Jan 29 (LBO) – Asian Hotels and Properties, developers of the new Emperor Condominium at Crescat City, says it has found buyers for 80 percent of the …

Helping Hand

Jan 25, 2007 (LBO) – North Dakota State University (NDSU) has granted Sri Lanka's university students concessions to pursue postgraduate studies in …

Migrant Perks

January 23, 2007 (LBO) – The government plans to raise the duty free allowances for Sri Lankans retuning from foreign employment to 5,000 dollars, an …

Herbal Remedy

Jan 18, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is promoting the cultivation of herbs used in indigenous medicine, through a network of farm villages, in a bid to cut …

African Wings

Jan 16, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan firm, which has built a freight forwarding network spanning eight coastal African nations plans to rapidly expand …

Disabled Friendly

Jan 17 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lankan companies should do more to make it easier for physically challenged customers to work with them, an activist body has said. "An …

Fresh Face

Dec 05, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Postal Department is expanding its high value stamp range with a 200 rupee issue later this year and is also seeking …

Tech Unsavvy

Jan 03, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's ministry of education says more than 60 percent of the teachers in Sri Lanka lack computer and English literacy skills …

Lost Aid

COLOMBO, Dec 18, 2006 (AFP) - Corruption and ethnic violence is blocking a flood of foreign aid for Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors two years after the massive …

Hollow Warning

BANGKOK, Dec 18, 2006 (AFP) - Nearly two years after the tsunami, a regional warning system is beset by squabbling and inaction, officials and experts say, as …