Sri Lanka conflict-trapped civilians only 65,000: minister
Feb 13, 2009 (LBO) - Contrary to claims that several hundred thousand civilians are trapped in a conflict area in the northeast of Sri Lanka, the latest …
Feb 13, 2009 (LBO) - Contrary to claims that several hundred thousand civilians are trapped in a conflict area in the northeast of Sri Lanka, the latest …
February 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected Britain's appointment of a special envoy to the island, accusing London of interfering in its internal …
Feb 11, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank has cut its discount rate that sets the upper limit of inter-bank transactions by 50 basis points to 16.50 …
Feb 10, 2009 (LBO) - A period of prosperity based on international trade, under an ancient Sri Lankan king may have declined following monetary debasement, as …
February 9, 2009 (AFP) - The BBC has suspended its FM programming to Sri Lanka's national broadcaster because of what it claimed was "deliberate interference", …
GENEVA, February 9, 2009 (AFP) - UN human rights experts on Monday expressed deep concern at "a climate of fear" in Sri Lanka and warned of a deep-rooted …
Feb 07, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's headline inflation fell further below the country's controversial core inflation number, mimicking the US experience in …
LONDON, February 6, 2009 (AFP) - The British government said it deplored Friday's stoning of the Red Cross offices in Colombo, saying the ICRC was a neutral …
Feb 07, 2009 (LBO) - "I happen to be in love with dictators," says Moses Isegawa, a Ugandan author whose life had been shaped by the likes of former dictator …
February 6, 2009 (AFP) - A mob stoned the main office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Friday, smashing …
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2009 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her British counterpart David Miliband called here Tuesday for a "temporary …
Feb 04, 2009 (LBO) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged Sri Lankans who left the island because of war to return to help rebuild the nation and revive its …
NEW DELHI, February 4, 2009 (AFP) - Opposition political parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called a general strike Wednesday to protest civilian …
Feb 02, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is expecting single digit inflation in the first quarter of 2009, and further falls in interest rates, Central Bank …
February 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has heightened its usually tight security ahead of national day celebrations even though the rebel Tamil Tigers have been …
Feb 02, 2009 (LBO) - Cairn India, which is exploring for oil in Sri Lankan waters, said group after-tax profit for the December quarter was 48. online pharmacy …
WASHINGTON, January 31, 2009 (AFP) - Eighty percent of the world’s governments fail to provide adequate information on spending to the public, often …
OTTAWA, January 30, 2009 (AFP) - Hundreds of Tamils on Friday formed a human chain in downtown Toronto, Canada's biggest city, to protest a Sri Lankan military …
HARARE, January 29, 2009 (AFP) - Zimbabwe scrapped restictions on foreign currency on Thursday to prop up its ailing economy, as the United Nations warned that …
Jan 30, 2009 (LBO) – Inflation in the 12-months to January 2009 measured by the revised Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) fell to 10.7 percent from …