General Services

Equal Chances

Dec 15, 2006 (LBO) – The Employers Federation of Sri Lanka are calling on more firms to employ disabled people, not just for equal opportunity, but …

Faulty Cable

December 15 (LBO) – Sri Lankan pay television service Comet Cable is facing a withdrawal of its broadcast rights, unless royalties owed to a joint …

Seasonal Cheer

Dec 13 (LBO) – Sri Lankan workers in Board of Investment approved companies within and outside industrial zones are to get a wage hike with effect from …

Geography Lesson

December 07, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to hire a British survey company to re-draw the island's continental shelf boundary, so that the country can claim …

Trade Battle

WASHINGTON, Nov 30, 2006 (AFP) - The United States and Asian economies are divided over how to implement a plan to set up an Asia-Pacific free trade area, two …

Aid for AIDS

Dec 1, 2006 (LBO) – The United States said Friday that it would give Sri Lanka 650,000 dollars to help curb the AIDS virus in high risk areas of the …

Potential Problem

Nov 30, 2006 (LBO) - Estimated 5.5 to six million people in South Asia is infected with AIDS which have become a severe epidemic but the HIV epidemic remains …

Toothache

Nov 27, 2006 (LBO) – Over half of Sri Lanka's 19.5 million population suffer from dental problems ranging from cavities to cancer, due to poor oral …

Tele Cash

November 27, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has raised about 40 million rupees from June-Sept by taxing foreign movies, dramas and sitcoms aired on local …

High Rents

SINGAPORE, Nov 21, 2006 (AFP) - Tokyo has Asia's most expensive office costs -- and the second costliest in the world -- with Hong Kong and Mumbai also in the …

Open Doors

Nov 21 (LBO) - India on Tuesday lifted controversial controls on duty free imports of vanaspati oil from Sri Lanka, which had caused the shutdown of all local …

Costly Letters

Nov 17, 2006 (LBO) – Delayed tariff revisions, fuel price hikes and wage bills have driven up losses at Sri Lanka™s Postal Department, to over a …

On Tap

Nov 13, 2006 (LBO) – Increasingly wealthy countries tend to have better access to water and sanitation, but some countries like Sri Lanka do far better …

Losing Weight

Nov 09, 2006 (LBO) – Despite scores of raids, arrests and legal penalties over the years, Sri Lankan authorities say many shopkeepers and other vendors …

Safe Haven

Nov 09 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stands the risk of getting too complacent about its low prevalence of AIDS, researchers say and should strengthen treatment and …

Southern Link

November 6, 2006 (LBO) – Asiri Hospitals Ltd, currently at the centre of a takeover battle, announced plans on Monday to invest and develop a hospital in …

Private Property

Nov 06, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday announced measures to charge a royalty fee on the commercial use of local artists™ creations and penalties for …

Promised Land

Nov 03 (LBO) – An Indo-Lanka economic partnership agreement to free up services like banking and insurance, professional services and aviation, has been …

Short Changed

Nov 01 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s consumer watchdog is stepping up raids in shops and supermarkets to weed our creative pricing and other offences, as Sri …

Non-Negotiable

Oct 26, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s trade ministry has shot down efforts by local businessmen to get desiccated coconut off India™s protected list, to …