Fleecing Ethics
Jan 18, 2007 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's opposition has added fuel to the growing fire over petroleum firms fleecing petrol users to give subsidies to diesel …
Bigger One
Jan 18, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) refinery expansion may be doubled to a 100,000 barrels-per-day project and its …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers murder nine civilians: military
Jan 18, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Friday accused Tamil Tiger rebels of murdering nine civilians in the island's south as violence between the two …
Diesel Move
Jan 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has struck a deal with Trafigura, a petro firm in Singapore, to get up to …
Departing Sri Lanka peace monitors say military solution not possible
Jan 16, 2008 (AFP) - Nordic peace monitors pulled out of Sri Lanka on Wednesday following the collapse of a ceasefire, and warned that the war between the …
UN chief slams Tamil Tiger terror attacks
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16, 2008 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the "indiscriminate attacks" which left dozens of people dead or injured in …
Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger hideout: military
Jan 17, 2007 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka Air Force jets have bombed a meeting place of Tiger leaders in the northern guerilla stronghold of Kilinochchi Thursday, the …
Sri Lanka bus bombing kills at least 20
Jan 16, 2008 (AFP) - Twenty people were killed and many others injured Wednesday in a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb attack on a crowded bus in southwest Sri …
Sri Lanka Tigers kill 26 civilians in bus attack
Jan 16, 2007 (LBO) – A roadside bomb killed 26 people traveling in a bus in southeastern Sri Lanka while three soldiers were injured from a second bomb …
Hi Tech
Jan 16, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's downstream petroleum sector is moving to SAP enterprise resources planning software, which will be implemented by the Indian …
Sri Lanka terror attacks on civilians condemned
Jan 16, 2008 (LBO) – Tamil Tiger attacks which killed at least 28 civilians in south-eastern Sri Lanka Wednesday were condemned by the government as well …
Sri Lanka passenger bus caught in blast: military
Jan 16, 2007 (LBO) -- A public passenger bus has been caught in a blast Wednesday morning in Sri Lanka's Moneragala district, the defence ministry said as a …
Sri Lanka peace groups get World Bank grants
Jan 15, 2008 (LBO) – The World Bank is giving funds to Sri Lankan civil society organizations for projects that will focus on bringing about a …
Japan peace envoy in peace amidst intense fighting
COLOMBO, Jan 14, 2008 (AFP) - A Japanese peace envoy began a second day of talks with Sri Lankan leaders Monday as the world community stepped up pressure over …
Sri Lanka says no immediate ban on Tamil Tigers
Jan 14, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government Monday told a visiting Japanese peace envoy that there was no immediate need to proscribe the Tamil …
Delayed Reaction
Jan 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has raised fuel prices from midnight Sunday with petrol and furnace oil going up by 10 rupees, diesel 5 rupees and …
Sri Lanka may lose vital aid because of war
Jan 13, 2008 (AFP) - Japan's peace envoy opened talks in Sri Lanka on Sunday, hinting international donors may hold back much-needed foreign aid if the …
Sri Lanka fighting intensifies ahead of Japanese envoy visit
Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - Intense fighting across Sri Lanka's embattled northern district have left at least 39 rebels and soldiers dead, the military said …
Sri Lanka short of men to make capital safe: police chief
Jan 12, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka does not have enough policemen to fully secure Colombo and public help is needed to fill the manpower gap in the capital, the …
Sri Lanka’s top donors concerned over latest fighting
Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main financial backers Saturday voiced concern over the mounting bloodshed and called for a United Nations presence in the …