Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead
January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The editor of a Sri Lankan anti-government newspaper was shot dead on Thursday as he drove to work near the capital Colombo, police …
January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The editor of a Sri Lankan anti-government newspaper was shot dead on Thursday as he drove to work near the capital Colombo, police …
Jan 08, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition called for an international probe into the killing of a newspaper editor, which rights bodies called a …
January 7, 2009 (AFP) - Media rights groups Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to punish those behind a recent attack on a privately-run television station that was …
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - The British government has urged Sri Lanka to urgently draw up a political solution to the ethnic crisis following the fall of a key Tamil …
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - An independent privately-owned TV station in Sri Lanka was attacked by an armed gang who stormed its main studio complex in the outskirts …
Jan 06, 2008 (LBO) – The United States has strongly condemned an attack on an independent broadcaster in Sri Lanka by a heavily armed group that stormed …
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top business chambers condemned an attack on a private television station, saying the government's credibility is at stake if …
WASHINGTON, January 2, 2009 (AFP) - The US State Department on Friday urged the Sri Lankan and Tamil Tigers to start negotiating over the "legitimate" demands …
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday took the country's influential media ministry under his wing ahead of a key mid-term …
Jan 01, 2009 (LBO) - Shell Gas Lanka, the Sri Lankan unit of the Shell multinational, said a new government tax and its inability to buy locally made liquid …
LONDON, December 28, 2008 (AFP) - Oil prices, which hit record highs above 147 dollars a barrel this year before plunging under 33 dollars, risk slumping more …
Dec 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) plans to file a contempt-of-court case against the government for its …
VATICAN CITY, December 25, 2008 (AFP) - War and economic hardship loomed over Christmas celebrations across the world Thursday, with Pope Benedict XVI …
BEIJING, December 25, 2008 (AFP) - China has started filling tanks at its largest oil reserve, taking advantage of tumbling world crude prices, state media …
Dec 24, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka unit of the Indian Oil Corporation, which slashed petrol prices in response to a Supreme Court order, raised the retail …
Dec 19, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has enough stocks and it is continuing to supply fuel stations, a minister said, …
Dec 19, 2008 (LBO) – Lanka IOC, a unit of Indian Oil Corporation, is cutting the retail price of petrol to 100 rupees a litre on an order by Sri Lanka's …
Dec 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had not revised oil prices after meeting for a second time, with a court decision to cut prices …
Dec 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) was instructed to consider a bigger commission to its dealers, by the island's …
Dec 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Supreme Court said the island's taxation of petroleum products was irrational and asked the Treasury not to tax petrol …