Sri Lanka signs economic and defence deals with Belarus
Aug 27, 2013 (LBO)- Sri Lanka has signed a series of bilateral deals involving trade, taxation, tourism and defence co-operation following a visit by President …
UN-ESCAP boss at South Asia econ summit in Sri Lanka
Aug 27, 2013 (LBO) - Noeleen Heyzer, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) will deliver …
Sri Lanka police in doghouse over canine ‘wedding’
COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cultural affairs ministry has taken strong exception to a mass "wedding" of police dogs, which used symbols of …
UN rights chief asked to trace Sri Lanka war missing
COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) - Families of people who disappeared during Sri Lanka's ethnic war demonstrated in the former rebel stronghold of Jaffna Tuesday …
Sri Lanka at helm of South Asia free trade effort
Aug 26, 2013 (LBO) - South Asian nations have to cut negative lists to improve the people's trade freedoms, a top regional official had said following a …
UN rights chief to raise ‘concerns’ in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, August 25, 2013 (AFP) - The UN's top rights official began her visit to Sri Lanka Sunday by brushing aside criticism that she overstepped her brief …
China firm seeks to investments in power, waste management in Sri Lanka
Aug 26, 2013 (LBO) - Aerospace Long-March International, a Chinese state firm is seeking joint ventures in power and waste disposal, Sri Lanka's economic …
Sri Lanka monks protest UN rights chief’s visit
COLOMBO, August 26, 2013 (AFP) - Buddhist monks led protests in the Sri Lankan capital Monday against the UN's top rights official, who began a fact-finding …
Sri Lanka’s aims high in becoming easier place for business: CB Governor
Aug 26, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka aims to be among the 30 easiest places to do business in the world by 2016 and maintain stable economic conditions comparable to …
Bollywood Sri Lanka war film pulled in UK, south India
MUMBAI, August 24, 2013 (AFP) - A Bollywood spy thriller set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war has been pulled from British and some Indian …
UN rights chief in Sri Lanka on fact finding mission
August 25, 2013 (AFP) - The UN's top rights official begins a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka on Sunday after the government dropped public hostility towards …
Korea Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka
Aug 22, 2013 (LBO) - Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won will visit Sri Lanka from August 28, the country's embassy in Colombo said. online pharmacy …
ADB says Asian nations need at least 18-pct industry to be rich
SINGAPORE, August 21, 2013 (AFP) - Growth-hungry Asian economies which bypass industrialisation and leapfrog from agriculture to the services sector may fall …
Sri Lanka army intimidates media over shooting: rights group
COLOMBO, August 18, 2013 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan media rights group on Sunday accused the military of intimidating journalists who reported a deadly army …
Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula seeks more trade and investment
Aug 18, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna peninsula, which has emerged from a 30-year civil war, has untapped potential for greater investment and …
Lower inflation to support Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating: S&P
Aug 17, 2013 (LBO) - A low inflation level maintained by Sri Lanka's central bank is likely to support its credit rating in the future, a senior sovereign …
Sri Lanka policy rates kept flat, external sector to be watched
Aug 16, 2013 (LBO)- Sri Lanka has kept policy rates steady in August with inflation moderate but the external sector will be watched closely amid currency …
Sri Lanka to target mid-single digit inflation next year: CB Governor
Aug 16, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will target mid-single digit inflation from next year from the current single digit, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said. …
Sri Lanka hopes for current account surplus in BOP after 2016: CB Governor
Aug 16, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka hopes to have a current account surplus in the balance of payments after 2016 Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said. A …
Petro Projects
Aug 15, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Laugfs gas group has been give the nod to build liquefied petroleum gas terminal and a lubricant blending plant with …