Oily Cousins
June 11, 2006 (LBO) – Two kinds of oil. One fires up vehicles, the other adds flavour to cooking. The two have managed to create a nasty oil spill …
General Services
Trade Swap
June 08 (LBO) – The Asia Pacific Trade Agreement between six Asia Pacific countries including Sri Lanka will kick off on July 1 this year, offering deep …
Battle Lines
June 05 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will fight new Indian restrictions on duty free vanaspati exports, ahead of another round of Indo-Lanka trade talks at the end …
No Bribes
June 02 (LBO) – A government help line linked up to 20 key state departments is to be rolled out soon, to offer general public information from getting …
Work Anyone?
May 31, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankans make model workers, a local study shows, with most happy in their jobs, with their pay and are content to stay there. …
Goodie Bag
May 27, 2006 (LBO) – Investors off-shoring business to Sri Lanka will get special tax breaks from the Board of Investment, under a revamped incentive …
Bad Advice
May 26, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Nawaloka Hospitals Ltd.'s fortunes swung into the red after providing hefty 284.23 million rupees for its investments in …
Bitter Lessons
May 26 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s top business chamber called for tough disciplinary action following a two day strike by customs officers, which paralysed …
Weighing Odds
May 25, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's excessive holidays, arbitrary salary increases and the government's reluctance to settle billions to India's main oil …
Alien Raid
May 10 (LBO) - Sri Lanka authorities have initiated a major crackdown on illegal foreign labour in the country, starting with workers in foreign owned …
Cancer Aid
May 08 (LBO) - Ceylinco Healthcare Services is to set up Sri Lanka's first private cancer treatment facility by May next year, to treat even advanced cases of …
China Parley
More than 50 senior executives of Chinese firms are participating in a business forum in Colombo, as commercial ties between the two countries continue to …
Mixed Results
May 02 (LBO) – Indo-Lanka trade talks hit a roadblock last week with dialogue on trade in goods shelved for later this month, though talks on services …
Trade Glitch
May 02 (LBO) - A tariff cut of up to 70 percent on imports from India under the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement has been pushed back due to legislative delays. …
United Front
DHAKA, April 27, 2006 (AFP) - Health ministers from seven South Asian nations have decided to develop a common strategy to combat bird-flu in the region, a …
Old Ghost
GENEVA, Apr. 25 (AFP) - The spectre of failure has returned to haunt the World Trade Organisation, as negotiators prove unable to maintain momentum in the Doha …
Chess Game
Apr.24 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to ask for more shipments of clothes, edible oils and fewer limits on country of rules origins on exports of key items to …
Wider Berth
DHAKA, April 21, 2006 (AFP) - South Asian nations have agreed to include services in the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) in a bid to boost regional …
Breaking Barriers
DHAKA, Apr.20 (AFP) - The trade ministers of seven South Asian nations said Thursday they had "fruitful" discussions on barriers still impeding a planned …
Oily Row
Apr. 05 (LBO) – India has slapped a countervailing duty of between US$28-32 per metric tonne on vanaspati oil shipments from Sri Lanka, raising the …