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December 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police arrested four people Friday, including a Pakistani national, after seizing 50 kilos (110 pounds) of high-grade …
December 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police arrested four people Friday, including a Pakistani national, after seizing 50 kilos (110 pounds) of high-grade …
NAIROBI, December 9, 2010 (AFP) - Somali pirates have released a Saudi oil tanker along with its 14-member crew which they seized nine months ago after a …
Dec 09, 2010 (LBO) - The scheduled opening of an expressway linking Sri Lanka's capital Colombo with the south next year will be delayed as heavy rain has …
Dec 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is considering having "concessionary" bus fares at peak hours to help "private and public workers" one of the country's …
Dec 07, 2010 (LBO) - Container volumes handled by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) hit a record two million in the 11 months to November 2010, up 26. …
Dec 07, 2010 (LBO) - Container volumes at Sri Lanka's South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), a private transhipment facility in Colombo port, fell to a yearly …
Dec 06, 2010 (LBO) - Logiventures, a unit of Sri Lanka's Hayleys group, expects an anticipated post-war construction boom to increase demand for its portable …
Dec 03, 2010 (LBO) - An emerging requirement for fast passenger ferries to link Indian island territories with the mainland could be an opportunity for Sri …
KUALA LUMPUR, December 2, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysia says it is taking steps to secure the release of a Malaysian-flagged cargo ship and its 23 crew seized by …
Nov 29, 2010 (LBO) - Indian investors will be encouraged to invest in southern Sri Lanka where China has built a new port, according to remarks by India's …
Nov 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and India has inked a deal for a 416 million US dollar credit from India's export import bank to rebuild railways in the …
TOKYO, November 21, 2010 (AFP) - A small, unidentified ship opened fire on a container vessel run by a Japanese logistics firm, in an apparent piracy attack in …
Nov 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's new Chinese built port in the Southern city of Hambantota was formally commissioned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday …
Nov 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's importance as a shipping hub in South Asia has increased after the end of a long drawn out war, an international logistic …
Nov 16, 2010 (LBO) - A luxury passenger vessel, MV Le Diamant, operated by the CMA CGM shipping line, has begun calls at Sri Lankan ports following the end of …
Nov 10, 2010 (LBO) - South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), an associate of Sri Lankan conglomerate John Keells Holdings, said volumes rose 17 percent in October …
November 3, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans to spend a billion dollars in foreign aid to rebuild roads as the island emerges from nearly four decades of ethnic …
Nov 04, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to enter into a credit agreement with India's Export - Import Bank for an Indian government soft loan of 416 million US …
Nov 04, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Telecom is on track to get a deal to install a fibre optic cable for a toll collection system on an expressway linking the …
Nov 02, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard has been short-listed in a contract to build more passenger ferries for an Indian government customer, having …