Sri Lanka JVP split widens with more support for Weerawansa
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – Differences within Sri Lanka's Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) exploded dramatically Tuesday with …
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – Differences within Sri Lanka's Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) exploded dramatically Tuesday with …
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has asked the World Bank to fund a highway to the northern Jaffna peninsular, which is now cut off from the rest of the …
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankans should stop thinking themselves as being 'poor' and develop a mentality that they are stakeholders with some means in …
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank said it was protesting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after a research study said only a …
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan Marxist-nationalist politician Tuesday said his party had decided to expel him, confirming reports of a split in the …
April 07, 2008 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund has warned that the current commodity bubble, perhaps the biggest in four decades, which has sent …
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - The Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan rebel group responsible of killing about 4,000 people in the past two years, have quietly …
April 07, 2008 (LBO) – The United States, European Union and Canada have condemned Sunday's Tamil Tiger suicide bombing which killed a Sri Lankan …
April 6, 2008 (AFP) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lanka's highways minister as he opened a marathon Sunday in an attack that left 11 …
April 05, 2008 (LBO) – Lower average inflation and a temporary halt in an internal conflict have lowered Sri Lanka's poverty levels by 2006, government …
April 04, 2008 (LBO) –Sri Lanka is seeking to renew its long-term crude oil supply contract with Iran and wrap up financing to expand its refinery during …
April 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have entered the contest in provincial council elections in the east with a last-minute filing of …
April 04, 2008 (LBO) – A split in Sri Lanka's Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is emerging with moves to oust its firebrand spokesman …
April 03, 2008 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka's sovereign rating by one notch to 'B+' saying budgets were weak, inflation was high and …
April 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party says it is starting a protest campaign against rising prices after inflation in …
April 03, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka has disputed a sovereign credit downgrade by one notch to 'B+' by Fitch Ratings Thursday, saying it was based on the rating …
April 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday announced that key local government elections will be held next month in an area that was last year wrested from rebel …
April 02, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's money supply growth has slowed faster than expected in the first quarter of 2008, amid tight monetary policy and …
April 02, 2008 (LBO) – Three members of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), a minority Sri Lankan political party, have resigned their parliamentary seats …
April 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank says a 'core' inflation index from which a number of expenditure components have been dropped is low, …