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 …
Industry
New Deal
May 08 (LBO) – The Power Ministry said Monday that it would pump in funds to upgrade 100 state held fuel sheds, left over from privatising Sri Lanka's …
Sri Lanka to begin work on Colombo-Katunayake highway in May
May 11 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to begin work on the Colombo-Katunayake toll road this month tying up a construction deal with China Metallurgical Construction …
Commercial Gain
Foreign exchange profits and book gains in investments has boosted profits of Commercial Bank in the first quarter of 2005. online pharmacy …
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 …
John Keells eyes new hotel properties in Maldives, bookings down in Trinco
May 05 (LBO) - John Keells Holdings eyes the Maldives for hotel expansion as city hotels see a slight drop in bookings and its resort on the East coast suffers …
Text Box
May 4 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to test the limits of smart digital mesh boxes to connect 30 rural homes onto the World Wide Web, officials said. Costing …
Forward Bookings
May 4 (Dow Jones)--Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard Ltd. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best prices today in the USA expects net profit to more than triple this …
Limit Less
May 4 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-owned railway is trying to find money to make urgent repairs to dilapidated tracks, which is forcing trains to run slow. …
Going Upstream
May 2 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is setting up an upstream oil company as the country gets ready to auction several off-shore oil exploration blocks, Petroleum …
Checking Numbers
May 3 (LBO) – A Chinese construction firm selected to design and build the Colombo-Katunayake expressway submitted their financial proposal last week …
Flying Easy
May 3 (LBO) -- A new ticketing system for Sri Lanka that cuts the paper trail between airlines and travel agents took off Wednesday, with Emirates issuing the …
Cut Down
May 02 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on Sri Lanka Telecom’s foreign currency debt to negative from stable, but said the rating of BB- remains …
Low Value
May 2 (LBO) -- A lower than expected valuation of prime commercial property belonging to Sathosa may delay its sale to a state bank, a top official said. …
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. …
Keeping Pace
Apr. 28 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines Friday said it will raise fuel surcharge on ticket prices by up to 30 dollars from May 5, to partially offset soaring …
Iranian Shadow
LONDON, Apr. 28 (AFP) - World oil prices eased Friday on receding worries over US motor oil supplies but held above 70 dollars per barrel on rising tensions …
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 …
Cruising Along
Apr.26 (LBO) – Lanka IOC, a unit of Fortune 500 Indian Oil Corportaion, is confident of maintaining uninterrupted supplies from their tank farm in …