Sri Lanka coalition partner returns to opposition – Updated

Dec 12, 2007 (LBO) – Members of a key Sri Lankan minority party crossed over to the opposition Wednesday increasing uncertainty over the fate of the …

Sri Lanka says 36 killed in heavy fighting

Dec 12, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in heavy combat across their de facto borders in the north of the island where at …

Sri Lanka inflation index controversy takes new turn

Dec 12, 2007 (LBO) – A controversial new inflation index that claims to show lower inflation in Sri Lanka has completely dropped alcohol and tobacco from …

Britain puts Sri Lanka on notice over rights

Dec 10, 2007 (AFP) - Britain's top envoy to Sri Lanka Monday asked the government to improve its human rights record and politically end the island's drawn out …

Sri Lankan parliamentarians can be bought, says British envoy

Dec 11, 2007 (LBO) – Britain's envoy in Sri Lanka has mocked the practice of a parliamentary committee to probe corruption dominated by government …

Maldives opposition push for interim govt. ahead of polls

COLOMBO December 11, 2007 (LBO) -- Five Maldivian opposition parties Tuesday urged President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to put in place an interim government ahead …

Sri Lanka fills vacancy in rate-setting monetary board

Dec 11, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has appointed Manohari Ramanathan, an attorney-at-law to fill a vacancy in the governing body on the country's monetary …

Sri Lanka could stabilize economy with inflation targeting: IMF director

Dec 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka could stabilize its economy and rein in galloping prices by moving to an inflation targeting framework and a flexible …

Tamils in Sri Lankan capital pay price of Tiger bombs

Dec 9, 2007 (AFP) - Minority Tamils in Sri Lanka's capital are running a gauntlet of arrest and intimidation as fighting escalates between government troops …

Sri Lanka Tiger linked Malaysian Tamils may be detained: report

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8, 2007 (AFP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reportedly warned that ethnic Indian activists accused of having links …

Sri Lanka inflation caused by govt. credit, not private sector: IMF

Dec 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's inflation is strongly linked to government credit, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report released this …

Sri Lanka rupee zooms amidst record exporter selling

Dec 06, 2007 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka rupee extended gains against the greenback Thursday as panicky exporters sold dollars fearing more 'carry trade' style …

Sri Lanka fears more attacks on civilians

COLOMBO, Dec 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday warned of more Tamil Tiger attacks against civilians a day after the guerrillas were accused of being …

Sri Lankan visitors to USA to give all finger prints

Dec 06, 2007 (LBO) – Visa applicants to the United States will have to give prints of all ten fingers from next week, the US embassy in Colombo said. The …

Sri Lanka bus blast kills 15: Police

Dec 5, 2007 (AFP) - At least 15 passengers were killed and 38 wounded Wednesday in a roadside bomb attack on a crowded bus carrying civilians in Sri Lanka's …

Sri Lanka economic shocks are home grown: IMF

Dec 04, 2007 (LBO) – Recent weaknesses in Sri Lanka's economy have come from internal policies, and a plan to stop market pricing Diesel and Kerosene in …

Sri Lanka urges private sector to spread benefits of export success

Dec 04, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's government is trying to better spread the benefits of economic growth and reduce income disparities which have widened …

Sri Lanka new price index shows 19.3-pct inflation

Dec 04, 2007 (LBO) – A new index to measure inflation in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, showed that prices had risen by 19.3 percent in the past 12 months, …

Activists denounce mass arrests of Tamils in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Dec 4, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan rights groups Tuesday slammed the government arrest of nearly 2,200 minority ethnic Tamils after Tamil Tiger rebels …

Sri Lanka power utility needs reform, price revisions says IMF

Dec 03, 2007 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for further reforms of Sri Lanka's state electricity utility which looks set to …