Sri Lanka ‘off-budget’ energy subsidies end up in national debt
Mar 20, 2011 (LBO) - Several years of accumulated 'off-budget' energy subsidies have now come home to roost in the Sri Lanka's national debt, laying bare a …
Mar 20, 2011 (LBO) - Several years of accumulated 'off-budget' energy subsidies have now come home to roost in the Sri Lanka's national debt, laying bare a …
March 19, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president said Saturday his party's landslide victory in local elections was an endorsement of the government's focus on …
March 19, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president said Saturday his party's landslide victory in local elections was an endorsement of the government's focus on …
Mar 17, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's economy may not be much affected by the devastation in Japan in the short term but a global fallout may impact commodity …
Mar 17, 2011 (LBO) - New visa rules will allow investors and entrepreneurs who invest large sums of money or create jobs and "exceptionally talented migrants" …
Mar 17, 2011 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government plans to allocate more funds to a campaign to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016, a statement …
SYDNEY, March 16, 2011 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday defended the police reaction to riots at the remote Christmas Island …
Mar 16, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankans travelling to India will be required to apply for visas online from March 25, the Indian High Commission said in a statement. …
Mar 16, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's rising inflation and negative real rates have stumped markets with bond liquidity vanishing, quotes widening and forward …
SYDNEY, March 15, 2011 (AFP) - Australia's remote Christmas Island detention centre was hit by a second night of riots on Tuesday, with up to 200 asylum …
Mar 14, 2011 (LBO) - Land prices in Sri Lanka are set to rise with interest rates seen "benign" this year and remittances from migrant workers who send money …
NEW DELHI, March 14, 2011 (AFP) - The Indian navy has captured 61 suspected Somali pirates and rescued 13 fishermen after a firefight with a pirate mothership …
SYDNEY, March 14, 2011 (AFP) - Australian police used tear gas to quell a protest of 300 asylum seekers on remote Christmas Island on Monday, as the government …
Mar 12, 2011 (LBO) - A pension fund of private Sri Lankan citizens managed by the state has made large capital gains by investing in stocks with the share of …
Mar 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs said it has set up an information desk to help nationals seek news of relations in Japan in the …
Mar 11, 2011 (LBO) - The Japanese government handed over an 18 million rupee grant to two community development organizations for development projects in Sri …
Mar 10, 2011 (LBO) - Most of the loss of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Sri Lanka's state-run petroleum retailer is due to subsidized sale of furnace oil to a …
Mar 10, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa had told parliament that the state had 'fully taken over' a city hotel that is …
Mar 10, 2011 (LBO) - Hilton Hotels and Resorts says it will continue to manage Sri Lanka's Colombo Hilton until discussions start with owners following a …
Mar 10, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hotel Developers, a listed firm which owns the building on which Colombo Hilton is operated said a land sub-leased from a …