Sri Lanka graduates above IMF low income status: Central Bank

Jan 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has moved out of the countries eligible for financing from the International Monetary Fund's poverty reduction and growth …

Sri Lanka citizen’s group writes to presidential front runners

Jan 20, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan citizen's group has written to the two main candidates running for next weeks polls asking for more attention to the island's …

Deadly unrest flares in Sri Lanka ahead of vote

January 18, 2010 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan opposition supporter was killed on Monday as fresh unrest erupted ahead of next week's presidential election despite a …

Sri Lanka holds policy rates steady

Jan 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank said it was keeping its main reverse repurchase policy rate at which money is injected to markets steady at 9. …

Sri Lanka labour minister ‘orders’ private sector salary hike

Jan 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's labour minister has "ordered" a 2,500 rupee salary hike to private sector workers, a ministry statement said, though an …

US hopes for better relations with Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's upcoming election is raising hopes in the United States for better relations after a chilly spell if the …

Sri Lanka anchor currency inflation up

Jan 18, 2010 (LBO) - Consumer inflation in the United States, to whose currency the Sri Lanka rupee is tightly pegged, rose to 2.7 percent in December 2009 …

Sri Lanka private sector credit up in November

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Sri Lanka’s Tamils wary of election spotlight

JAFFNA, January 17, 2010 (AFP) - Scarred by decades of war and official indifference, Sri Lanka's minority Tamils are now being courted as political kingmakers …

Sri Lanka orders tighter security after campaign shootings

January 17, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president ordered police to step up security ahead of presidential elections after a second political activist was shot …

Sri Lanka central bank created high inflation and reduced wealth: economist

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Opposition says Sri Lanka lied to UN over heavy weapons

January 15, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's opposition Friday accused the government of misleading the UN over the use of heavy weapons during the final stages of …

US, Norway deny funding ouster of Sri Lanka president

January 16, 2010 (AFP) - The United States and Norway on Saturday denied funding Sri Lanka's main opposition to defeat President Mahinda Rajapakse's …

Sri Lanka to pay extra interest to senior citizens

Jan 15, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government will pay an extra 20 percent 'bonus interest' for rupee deposits maintained at licensed commercial banks by senior …

Sri Lanka presidential hopeful to play policy referee

Jan 15, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's opposition presidential hopeful retired general Sarath Fonseka has said he may have to play referee between pro free market …

Sri Lanka govt helped India’s ruling party in election: report

January 14, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka stopped using heavy weapons against Tamil Tiger rebels to help the re-election bid of neighbouring India's ruling party, a …

Sri Lanka state trading firm imports Pakistan rice to cool crisis

Jan 14, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan state trading firm has imported a stock of rice from Pakistan as domestic prices shot up in a market mired in heavy handed …

One killed in Sri Lanka poll attack: police

January 12, 2010 (AFP) - Gunmen in Sri Lanka on Tuesday opened fire on a bus carrying supporters of the main opposition presidential candidate, killing one …

Sri Lanka public service, rule of law undermined by constitution: rights body

Jan 13, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's post independence constitutions of 1972 and 1978 and the scrapping of the institution of permanent secretaries has usurped the …

Sri Lanka election violence escalates after killing

January 13, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Wednesday broke up clashes between political activists as violence linked to looming presidential polls escalated …