ADB downgrades growth for South Asia
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank has downgraded the growth forecast for South Asia by 0.online pharmacy …
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Statement
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has called for "mutual respect and trust between the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary" in …
Why
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - Lawyers for Sri Lanka's chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake has explained why she walked out, after she was called names, was not allowed …
Fair Trial
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - The United States embassy in Colombo expressed concern about Sri Lanka's judiciary and urged that the island's chief justice who is being …
Walkout
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake has walked out of a parliamentary committee with her lawyers saying she had been denied …
Label
COLOMBO, Dec 7, 2012 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top judge Shirani Bandaranayake stormed out of her impeachment hearing after government lawmakers called her a "mad …
Property Rights
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - World Bank group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, which provides political risk cover for foreign investors, said expropriation …
Sri Lanka drought hit farmers get free seed paddy
Dec 06, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's rice farmers who have been hit by a recent drought will be given 371 million rupees worth of seed paddy by tax payers, enough …
Sri Lanka war refugees get 175 boats from India
Dec 04, 2012 (LBO) - India has gifted 175 boats and equipment worth 71 million rupees to war refugees in Mannar in northeastern Sri Lanka, the Indian High …
Excessive Trading
Dec 02, 2012 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan stock broking firm has compensated a client who complained to the Colombo Stock Exchange alleging unauthorized trading which …
Sri Lanka’s Sunshine Holdings in talks with palm oil firm
Nov 29, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings, which has interests in tea and oil palm said it was in talks with Pyramid Wilmar (Pvt) Ltd, a Colombo based …
Sri Lanka monks at risk from rich foods
COLOMBO, Nov 27, 2012 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's health ministry announced plans on Tuesday to draw up new guidelines for donating food to the country's venerated …
Sri Lanka business, IUCN in bio conservation drive
Nov 23, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Dilmah, a tea sector group are starting …
Flawed Process
Nov 21, 2012 (LBO) - Friday Forum, a citizen group said impeachment proceedings launched against Sri Lanka's chief justice was "deeply flawed" and is perceived …
Paradise Isle
Nov 13, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's move to allow tax free racing cars may sound like a pacifier for the rich kids of politicians, but the move could actually be …
Sri Lanka toddy tappers face extinction
WADDUWA, Sri Lanka, Nov 12, 2012 (AFP) - Clambering between high trees carrying a knife in the search for sap to brew alcoholic drinks is a young man's game -- …
Sri Lanka cigarette labeling put off till March 2013
Nov 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's health ministry has put off till March 2013, graphic labeling designed to educate consumers on the cancer and heart disease …
Denial
Nov 09, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's chief justice has denied charges in an impeachment motion in parliament, giving details over allegations of undeclared assets …
Sri Lanka should cut high food taxes to reduce malnutrition: science minister
Nov 08, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka should cut high food taxes which will make proteins more accessible to the poor and reduce malnutrition among small children, …
Sri Lanka raises crop planting subsidies
Nov 08, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government will increase subsidies to encourage small farmers expand tea, rubber and coconut cultivation, President Mahinda …