Sri Lankan opposition vows to end emergency laws

January 5, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition vowed on Tuesday to immediately end the state of emergency that has been in place on the island for 27 …

Sri Lanka central bank warns against reckless spending

Jan 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka may be forced to print money and send inflation up again unless the state avoids reckless spending, which also takes away …

Sri Lanka economy to grow 3.5-pct in 2009: CB Governor

Jan 04, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to grow by 3.5 percent in 2009 after it slowed down owing to global recession, with revenue …

Sri Lanka targets 5 to 6-pct inflation in 2010

Jan 04, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is targeting 5 to 6 percent average inflation by end-2010 allowing the country's base money to grow by 14.buy cipro online buy …

Sri Lankan presidential contender woos Tamil voters

January 2, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former military chief Sarath Fonseka took his presidential campaign Saturday to the ethnic heartland of the Tamil Tiger …

Sri Lanka govt deceiving people on taxes: TI

Jan 01, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government should ensure greater public awareness of taxes it imposes on the people and not deceive them through …

Sri Lanka president accused of illegal campaign funding

December 31, 2009 (AFP) - Anti-graft campaign group Transparency International accused Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday of using state …

Sri Lanka Jaffna peninsular revival driven by road link

Dec 30, 2009 (LBO) - At a remote fishing village in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsular a fisherman tells a group of officials from a state-run commercial …

Sri Lanka inflation accelerates in December

Dec 30, 2009 (LBO) - Consumer prices in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo rose 4. online pharmacy buy spiriva inhaler with best prices today in the USA 8 percent in …

Fickle Pricing

Dec 30, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka unit of Indian Oil Corporation said it is likely to make losses on petrol sales after the dominant state-owned oil …

Gas Call

Dec 30, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan unit of the Shell gas multinational said it was holding domestic prices of liquid petroleum gas cylinders despite …

76 journalists killed in 2009: watchdog

PARIS, December 29, 2009 (AFP) - The number of journalists killed because of their work rose to 76 this year from 60 in 2008, the media rights watchdog …

Fuel Cost

Dec 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned refiner, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, said it will cut fuel prices from midnight Tuesday. It said …

Sri Lanka gets World Bank funds for rural village

Dec 28, 2009 (LBO) – The World Bank (WB) has approved 75 million dollars to fund the second stage of community development and livelihood improvement …

Sri Lanka takes more time to study war crimes charges

December 28, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has given legal experts four more months to study a US State Department report cataloging alleged war crimes on …

Sri Lanka to pay ‘interest subsidy’ to senior citizens as rates fall

Dec 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will give '20 percent bonus' interest for senior citizens as interest rates fell steeply over the past year on a scheme …

Asia’s decade reoriented the world: analysts

HONG KONG, December 27, 2009 (AFP) - Explosive growth in economic and political power ensured that the past 10 years set the foundations for what many analysts …

Sri Lankan migrant dies in Indonesia: official

JAKARTA, December 27, 2009 (AFP) - The body of an asylum seeker who died of a suspected stomach infection in Indonesia will be returned to Sri Lanka this week, …

Sri Lanka opposition presidential candidate defends economic prowess

Dec 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's opposition presidential candidate, a former military general, defended his ability to manage the economy in a future …

Sri Lanka labour force growth to lag region

Dec 26, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's labour force has grown an average 1.0 percent from 1990 to 2008, and is projected to grow by only 0.3 percent a year …