Sri Lanka holds first post-war May Day

May 1, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's political parties were holding May Day rallies on Saturday for the first time since the ending of nearly four decades of ethnic …

Sri Lanka inflation slows to 5.8-pct in April

Apr 30, 2010 (LBO) - Consumer prices in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo rose 5. buy minocin online …

Immigration debate shakes US to the core

NEW YORK, April 30, 2010 (AFP) - From the deck of New York Harbor's tour boat the Statue of Liberty looks as welcoming today as when greeting new immigrants a …

Sri Lanka budget gap widens in January: data

Apr 29, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's budget gap widened in January 2010 from a year earlier, with revenues rising modestly but unable to keep up with current …

Sri Lanka demolishes Tiger chief’s house: politician

April 29, 2010 (AFP) - The ancestral home of Sri Lanka's slain Tamil Tiger rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been demolished as it was becoming a tourist …

Reforms to allow Sri Lanka president to retain power: report

April 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party will press ahead with constitutional reforms to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for a third term in …

Sri Lanka Overseas Realty expands amid a property market pick up

Apr 28, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan developer Overseas Realty (Ceylon), a unit of Singapore's Shing Kwan group said it was starting an expansion of a property …

Sri Lankan refugee camps emptying: UNHCR

GENEVA, April 27, 2010 (AFP) - More than 200,000 of some 280,000 mainly Tamil people displaced after the civil war in northern Sri Lanka have left their camps …

Sri Lanka business loans surge in February: data

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Sri Lankan detained in Malaysia after standoff: police

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysian police Monday said they have detained 75 Sri Lankan migrants who refused to get off a fishing trawler, after …

Sri Lanka ‘free’ education crisis worsens: report

Apr 26, 2010 (LBO) - A crisis in Sri Lanka's state-run 'free' education system funded by people's taxes has worsened with 47 percent of students failing a key …

Sri Lanka public investments increasing: Treasury chief

Apr 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's public investments are on the rise as government builds new infrastructure for a post-war revival, laying the foundation for …

Sri Lanka considers ending emergency laws

April 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka may scrap the state of emergency laws that gave sweeping powers to police and troops during the island's long ethnic conflict …

Sri Lanka to expand first post-war cabinet

April 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president will expand his new cabinet by five ministers but the government will still have far fewer members than the …

Sri Lanka in attempt to better manage smaller state firms

Apr 24, 2010 (LBO) - A new ministry has been created with about 20 mostly loss making state enterprises, in a bid to make them more profitable and less of a …

World Bank opens data goldmine to all

Apr 22, 2010 (LBO) - The World Bank has opened its statistics spanning 50-years to and called upon the global community to use the data to help poor people in …

Sri Lanka president retains finance, cuts size of new cabinet

Apr 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa retained the finance and defence portfolios in a new cabinet appointed after parliamentary polls …

Developing nations call for finance reform

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2010 (AFP) - Delaying financial reform could put the global economic recovery at risk, a group of 24 developing nations warned on …

Sri Lanka to present interim budget

Apr 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government is to present a 'vote on account' instead of a formal budget for the three-month May to July period and a …

Sri Lanka’s former army chief launches attack on president

April 22, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's detained former army chief briefly emerged from custody Thursday to attend the opening of parliament and used the …