UN official visits Sri Lanka refugee camps

September 17, 2009 (AFP) - A top UN official toured camps holding thousands of war-displaced civilians in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, amid international …

Sri Lanka gets ADB loan to repair roads after war

Sept 17, 2009 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it is giving Sri Lanka a 70 million dollar road rehabilitation loan to support its drive to …

Top UN official to press Sri Lanka for rights probe

September 16, 2009 (AFP) - A top UN official was expected in Sri Lanka Wednesday to press for a probe into possible rights abuses during the final stages of …

Sri Lanka expands state by 305,000 people since 2004

Sept 16, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has expanded an already bloated state sector by 305,060 persons since 2004, including 43,981 in 2009, data released by the …

Sri Lanka demands EU trade concessions without rights probe

September 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will not submit to an investigation into its rights record to qualify for extended trade concessions from the European …

Sri Lankan 2009-end inflation to be 6.0-pct: Statistics office

Sept 15, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's year-end consumer inflation measured by a revised Colombo Consumer Price Index is estimated to be 6. online pharmacy buy …

Sri Lanka state revenues reach last year’s level in August: Treasury official

Sept 15, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state revenues for August had reached last year's level in line with a recovery in import trade and domestic economic …

Sri Lanka economic bubble triggered by financial repression for deficits: economist

Sept 14, 2009 (LBO) - Severe financial repression and money printing to finance post-2004 deficits triggered a housing and credit bubble and drove savers to …

Sri Lanka GDP expands 2.1-pct in second quarter

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Sri Lanka losing to Africa due to ‘political market failure’: economist

Sep 12, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tendency to follow policies that hurt the average voter and makes the country lag behind other countries is due to 'political …

UN urges Sri Lanka to free its staff, respect human rights

UNITED NATIONS, September 11, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations on Thursday called on Sri Lanka to respect the human rights of two UN employees who have been …

Sri Lanka gets US$75mn World Bank credit for villages

Sept 11, 2009 (LBO) - The World Bank has approved a 75 million US dollar credit for village infrastructure development in Sri Lanka to expand its 'Gemi Diriya' …

Sri Lanka Central Bank cuts policy interest rates by 50bp

Sept 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank said it had decided to reduce policy interest rates by 50 basis points each from Friday with the repurchase rate …

Sri Lanka lags Pakistan and Maldives in ease of doing business: IFC-World Bank study

Sept 09, 2009 (LBO) - Bangladesh was the top reformer in South Asia in the past year, and Pakistan and Maldives remained in the lead as the easiest places to …

Gold higher, the best bet in uncertain times

PARIS, September 9, 2009 (AFP) - Gold is back in favour, hitting 18-month highs above 1,000 dollars as investors hedge their bets on the dollar in a global …

UN chief slams spokesman’s Sri Lanka expulsion

UNITED NATIONS, September 8, 2009 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon Tuesday denounced a decision by the Sri Lankan government to expel a UNICEF spokesman, who …

Bursting economic bubble may have averted greater disaster ahead: Sri Lanka CB chief

Sept 08, 2009 (LBO) - The bursting of a global economic bubble in 2007-2008 may have averted greater disaster ahead, but the global financial community must …

Sri Lanka heads for record deficit despite better revenues in June

Sept 07, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state revenues fell 6.15 percent in June from a year earlier, implying an annualized deficit of 10. buy abilify online …

Sri Lanka ‘reviewing’ UN official expulsion: official

September 7, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is reviewing a move to expel a senior United Nations official over comments he made during the final weeks of the country's …

Sri Lanka roads closed to keep economy stable

Sep 06, 2009 (LBO) - Some of Sri Lanka's roads will remain closed despite the end of a 30-year civil war to prevent a post-Soviet style collapse of the …