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Uneasy calm grips Sri Lanka’s troubled town
An uneasy calm gripped Sri Lanka's troubled port city of Trincomalee as Buddhists Monday celebrated a key anniversary amid protests over a Buddha statue in the …
Sri Lanka started a push for budget support loans while presenting an economic plan to donors at the development forum last week in Kandy
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Sri Lanka rides tsunami to keep economy afloat
International lenders downgraded Sri Lanka's economic growth forecasts for this year after tsunamis devastated its coastline, but the island is banking on a …
Tamil party suspends strike in Sri Lankan town ahead of Buddhist festival
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Joint mechanism will not marginalize minorities or fund LTTE; Jayantha Dhanapala
The proposed joint mechanism will not fund LTTE military activity and will not marginalize minorities, says Jayantha Dhanapala, the head of the Peace …
Tsunami aid inflow puts Sri Lanka balance of payments in the black
The influx of aid since December's tsunami disaster will lift Sri Lanka's balance of payments into the black this year, the central bank said Friday. online …
Panic attack over false tsunami in Galle
Inhabitants of the Southern Sri Lankan town of Galle ran away from the coast in panic fearing another tsunami, after high seas drenched part of the market …
Exports zero growth in March with textile and apparel reducing by 5.3%
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Foreign donors dangle cash carrot to push peace in Sri Lanka
An increased foreign aid offer of three billion dollars for Sri Lanka's tsunami recovery is mainly aimed at pushing Colombo and Tamil Tiger rebels to salvage …
Japan agrees to defer payments on US$ 225 mn due in 2005
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Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday pushed for "serious engagement" with Sri Lanka's government to share billions of dollars of tsunami aid despite official fears that …
Foreign aid absorption to increase by 18 percent in 2005
Sri Lanka hopes to increase foreign aid absorption by about 18 percent this year, compared to utilisation in 2004, to accommodate tsunami aid inflows. online …
Donors add US$ 500 mn to pledges taking total to over US$ 3 bn
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The country’s first Millennium Development Goals Report, presented to Sri Lanka’s bilateral and multilateral donors, shows that strides in health and education, the island will miss targets to halve poverty by 2015.
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India puts off US$ 30 mn in loan repayments over three years
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JHU takes protest against the proposed joint mechanism to the Kandy Development Forum
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Sri Lanka unveiled a new development strategy for six to eight percent growth in the next five years
Sri Lanka unveiled a new development strategy for six to eight percent growth in the next five years, to international donors at the Development Form in Kandy. …
Sri Lanka expects up to US$ 338 million in debt relief and moratoriums in 2005
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