Fuel Pricing

March 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-owned petroleum utility aims to hold retail fuel prices at current levels for the time being despite crude oil …

Grease Pal

March 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is looking for a joint venture partner to start a lubricant retailing …

International rights panel quits Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, March 6, 2008 (AFP) - A top foreign panel invited by Sri Lanka to observe investigations into human rights abuses announced Thursday it was quitting …

Sri Lanka troops enter northeastern township: military

Mar 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan troops have captured a Tamil Tiger held town in the northwestern Mannar area of the island as part of a bid to cut off a …

Roadside bomb kills Sri Lankan Tamil MP: party

March 6, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Tamil lawmaker and his driver were killed Thursday in a roadside bomb attack that his party and Tamil Tiger rebels said was …

Sri Lanka says war losses higher

March 5, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Wednesday that 100 of its soldiers were killed and a further 800 wounded fighting the Tamil Tigers last month, showing the …

Sri Lanka facing crisis over ‘disappearances’: rights group

COLOMBO, March 6, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is one of the world's worst perpetrators of "disappearances" and abductions, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling …

Sri Lanka business should demand better governance not subsidies: senior executive

March 05, 2008 (LBO) -- A senior business executive urged Sri Lankan businesses not to ask for subsidies which were needed for a safety net for the poor that …

Sri Lanka intimidation of journalists condemned by rights group

March 05, 2008 (LBO) – Media rights group Reporters Without Borders has condemned attacks against Sri Lankan journalists who exposed by live broadcast an …

Sri Lanka drifting towards dictatorship: civil society

Mar 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan civil society groups Wednesday warned that the government's contempt for the rule of law and the constitution was …

Sri Lanka television worker slashed with razor

Mar 05, 2008 (LBO) – A librarian working for a Sri Lanka state television station where a junior minister was held hostage after he stormed its newsroom …

Oil Skills

Mar 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's petroleum exploration unit has started to build up its staff as the island waits for offshore exploration work to get …

Sri Lankan forces push into Tiger territory: defence ministry

March 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan forces pushed deeper into Tamil Tiger territory in an offensive that has left at least 69 guerrillas and nine government …

Sri Lanka Navy probes suspicious vessel: military

March 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan naval vessels have been deployed to intercept a suspicious vessel 150 nautical miles off the island's eastern coast, the …

Sri Lanka rescues migrants adrift after 20 perish

COLOMBO, March 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy on Monday rescued 71 Myanmar and Bangladeshi survivors adrift in the Indian Ocean after 20 people died aboard …

Sri Lanka artillery battles kill 27: defence ministry

March 3, 2008 (AFP) - Artillery exchanges between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger separatists across the embattled tropical island's north left at least 25 …

Soldier killed in Sri Lanka blast, says army

March 2, 2008 (AFP) - A government soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack carried out by Tamil Tiger guerrillas Sunday in northern Sri Lanka, the army …

Sri Lanka says another 45 Tigers killed as blast toll climbs

March 1, 2008 (AFP) - A police officer wounded in a suicide bombing died in hospital Saturday, a hospital spokesman said as Sri Lanka's defence ministry …

Sri Lanka mediaman threatened by gangsters; errant minister runs free: rights body

Mar 01, 2008 (LBO) – Another mediaman who filmed a confrontation between state TV workers and a minister who stormed the station's newsroom has been …

South Asia gets more FDI despite problems; political risk in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan

MANILA, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - Robust near-term economic growth should drive strong foreign direct investment flows into South Asia despite corruption, poor …