Sri Lanka inflation falls to 10.7-pct

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 …

Sri Lanka, UN in anti-corruption effort

Jan 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are to launch a programme to fight corruption, a UNDP statement …

Hedge Deal

Jan 27, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Tuesday terminated proceedings in a case against oil hedges by the state-owned refiner, Ceylon Petroleum …

Indian foreign minister to visit Sri Lanka as rebels retreat: report

NEW DELHI, January 27, 2009 (AFP) - India's foreign minister was set to visit Sri Lanka Tuesday as the Tamil Tiger rebels struggled to defend their last …

Sri Lanka’s other war keeps media on the run

January 25, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is in the grip of its biggest military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels, but the country's journalists are also facing …

Sri Lanka must act on violence against media: Amnesty

LONDON, January 23, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities must ensure that the island's media can work freely and safely, Amnesty International said Friday, as a …

Media freedoms under threat in Sri Lanka: US

January 24, 2009 (AFP) - Continuing attacks against journalists in Sri Lanka show the deteriorating conditions media workers face in the country, a statement …

Sri Lanka media freedoms under threat: US

January 24, 2009 (AFP) - Continuing attacks against journalists in Sri Lanka show the deteriorating conditions media workers face in the country, a statement …

Sri Lanka newspaper editor assaulted

Jan 23, 2009 (LBO) - An editor of a Sri Lankan weekly newspaper and his wife had been have been assaulted, a staff member said, weeks after an editor of a …

Sri Lanka urged to act on human rights abuses

Jan 22, 2009 (LBO) - Britain has urged the Sri Lankan government to take strong action to prevent human rights abuses and called on both sides to the ethnic …

Sri Lanka central bank targets diaspora, currency swaps: interview

Jan 21, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank says it will persevere with its quantity targeting regime this year but also use other instruments if …

Sri Lanka World Bank head says global crisis failure of government

Jan 20, 2009 (LBO) - The meltdown of the global economic system is not a collapse of capitalism and markets but rather a failure of government, World Bank's …

Sri Lanka among countries poorly prepared to face global crisis

Jan 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is among 25 percent of countries that are poorly equipped to deal with the global financial crisis, and needs fiscal as …

Hedge Exposure

Jan 19, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank said its exposure to an oil derivative sold through People's Bank would be 21.buy singulair online buy …

Sri Lanka would not apply for IMF bailout: Central Bank

Jan 19, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank said it would not apply for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout or devalue the currency but would …

Sri Lanka gets new deputy finance minister

Jan 17, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed public administration and home affairs minister Sarath Amunugama as deputy …

Sri Lanka tourist sector get relief on tsunami recovery loan

Jan 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tsunami affected tourism sector is to get repayment extensions running up to three years for loans taken up under the …

Indian Signal

Jan 15, 2009 (LBO) - India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) which has been given an off-shore oil block in Sri Lanka, will inform the island …

Sri Lanka editor’s murder row grows as diplomat censured

January 14, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government censured a senior international diplomat after he spoke at the funeral of a newspaper editor whose murder has …

Sri Lankan govt under fire as murdered editor buried

January 12, 2009 (AFP) - The funeral of a Sri Lankan newspaper editor and staunch critic of the war on Tamil rebels was held Monday with the island's …