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Sri Lanka will lobby Malaysia for an Open Skies Agreement this week, freeing up more air routes between the countries, ahead of a second national airline …
It’s A Steal
More voices are being raised against the stealthy appropriation of provident funds by the Sri Lanka government, through the use of negative real rates. buy …
Rolling In
Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry says tax revenues increased in the first four months of 2005 but did not say whether it was below or higher than the original …
Empty Hold
Air freight traffic slumped in Asia in May as high oil prices take the shine off global business and threatens to push the global airline industry further into …
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The World Bank said Thursday that it will give Sri Lanka’s crisis ridden education sector a US$ 60 mn grant this year, padding up the state education spend.. …
Going Nowhere
Lending agency loans, for electricity sector reforms in Sri Lanka, expire this week but reforms talks between government and trade unions are still deadlocked. …
Term Report
The government will miss the June 30 deadline to put out a mid year fiscal position report, as per its obligations in the Fiscal Management Act passed in 2003. …
Down Play
Sri Lanka’s Census and Statistics Department says the island’s consumer in June 2005, saved a total just over the minimum bus fare for a single journy. …
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Sri Lanka could leap into the lucrative frog legs business as 35 new species of the amphibians have been found in the island which is already the world's …
Road Rehab
Inadequate funds to maintain Sri Lanka’s roads means all 15,000 km of provincial roads now need to be torn up and re-laid, with other highways under threat. …
Agriculture support services makeup over half of rural GDP
An ADB/World Bank study has found that agriculture support services makeup over half of rural GDP and household incomes. An ADB/World Bank study has found that …
Thrown Out
The Board of Investment is trying to spin off its infrastructure procurement arm – the Bureau of Infrastructure Investment (BII) for easier administration. …
Spring Cleaning
The United States said Tuesday it is funding the clean up of tsunami debris from a lagoon in eastern Sri Lanka, which is known among locals for its singing …
Coastal buffer zones keep tsunami survivors at bay
HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka,(AFP) - The waterfront restaurant at the entrance to this Sri Lankan coral sanctuary survived the Asian tsunami but six months later its …
Final Call
The Asian Development Bank rapped Sri Lanka on Monday for dragging its feet on key electricity reforms, even as the Premier held crucial reform talks with …
Bitter Pill
Sri Lanka's ongoing political instability, poor infrastructure and limited access to capital are choking the country's investment climate, a joint study by the …
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MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Six months after the tsunamis battered Sri Lanka's shores, people in this remote eastern village under the control of Tiger …