Lessons for Sri Lanka from Malaysia’s Daim Zainuddin
Mar 22, 2008 (LBO) – Many East Asian Tiger economies like Malaysia are now famed for fiscal prudence, running surpluses on their current and overall …
Mar 22, 2008 (LBO) – Many East Asian Tiger economies like Malaysia are now famed for fiscal prudence, running surpluses on their current and overall …
Mar 21, 2008 (LBO) – International media rights bodies have deplored the appointment of a retired military general to a Sri Lankan state-run television …
March 20, 2008 (AFP) - Fighting between government troops and Tamil Tigers across Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern districts claimed at least 22 rebel lives, …
March 19, 2008 (AFP) - The International Red Cross on Wednesday angrily accused Sri Lanka's government of releasing confidential communications and …
Mar 19, 2008 (LBO) – Central Bank credit to Sri Lanka's government was down, money supply growth was falling but state enterprise borrowings was a …
Mar 19, 2008 (LBO) - A top Indian consultant says fledgling firms should deal with government regulations and difficult business conditions at home instead of …
March 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is converting a part of a tank farm to store bunkers or ship fuel and build new pipelines to reduce supply disruptions …
March 18, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan soldier was killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the island's north Tuesday, the defence ministry …
Mar 18, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's capacity to counter and investigate bomb blasts has been boosted with new equipment from the United States, the island's …
Mar 17, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run Rupavahini television station was running with a skeleton staff Monday after the management declared a …
COLOMBO, March 17, 2008 (AFP) - At least 31 Tamil Tiger rebels and two security personnel were killed in weekend clashes in Sri Lanka's north, the defence …
Mar 17, 2008 (LBO) – The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security will donate 220,000 dollars worth of antiterrorism …
Mar 17, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's central bank is accountable for inflation and claims of 'cost push' factors for rising prices cannot be accepted when well …
March 17, 2008 (LBO) – Politics and non-tariff barriers are likely to constrain trade among South Asian nations even if import tariffs are removed, a new …
Mar 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's former minister Anura Bandaranaike, a member of a powerful political family that has produced two prime ministers and a …
March 16, 2008 (AFP) - At least one soldier was killed and four others wounded in a road side bomb attack in northern Sri Lanka Sunday, defence officials said. …
March 15, 2008 (LBO) – A new study on a south Asian regional trade deal has said Sri Lanka will gain more in the next phase of liberalisation but the …
March 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government jets bombed a Tamil Tiger training base as fighting across the northern region claimed at least another 29 lives, …
COLOMBO, March 14, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka has left at least 23 guerrillas dead and …
Mar 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run television service, Rupavahini, has suspended live programs other than news broadcasts in protest against an …