Female Flyers
Oct 03, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka may boast of having had the world's first woman prime minister and her daughter as the island's first female president, …
Oct 03, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka may boast of having had the world's first woman prime minister and her daughter as the island's first female president, …
WASHINGTON, Oct 3, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka cannot be pressured by the international community to bring about a political solution to its long-running separatist …
Oct 03, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka consumer affairs ministry said it was amending laws to bring a Singapore-owned flour mill under its control as rising …
Oct 2, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday rejected lingering allegations that they cut a lucrative deal with President Mahinda Rajapakse to …
Oct 02, 2007 (LBO) – Zimbabwe has hiked overnight discount rate by 15,000 basis points to 800 percent while the rate at the unsecured last resort window …
Sept 30, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military has killed six suspected Tamil Tiger rebels along front lines in the northwest of the island, the defence ministry …
Sept 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops claimed Thursday they have killed 45 Tamil rebels in the past week as they step up attacks ahead of monsoon rains that …
Sept 28, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan and international media rights watchdogs Friday strongly criticized action by a state television broadcaster to suspend …
Sept 28, 2007 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka's capital jumped 1.1 percent in September keeping the 12-month increase in consumer prices at 17.3 …
Sept 28, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka held policy rates steady in September and pointed fingers at commodity prices as average inflation hit a 17-year high in …
Sept 27, 2007 (LBO) – A Malaysian firm which has bought a listed construction firm in Colombo has said it had bought an independent power producer (IPP) …
Sept 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has rejected criticism of its human rights record by Western countries saying it was being unfairly targeted in a …
COLOMBO, Sept 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops shot dead 13 suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes across northern defensive lines, the defence ministry …
Sept 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has told the United Nations that his government's military campaign was aimed at convincing …
Sept 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement (FMM), a media rights watchdog, said Monday it was concerned over an alleged government move to ban …
COLOMBO, Sept 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sixteen people were killed and 39 others injured as security forces clashed with Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's embattled …
Sept 24, 2007 (AFP) - Heavy fighting between security forces and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka has left at least 27 people dead, military officials said …
Sept 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka offered Sunday to halt major military operations against Tamil separatists in exchange for peace talks following intense …
Sept 23, 2007 (LBO) – Recent military victories over Tamil Tigers, especially in Sri Lanka's east, offer a chance to end the conflict but only if …
Sept 22, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs sensible fiscal and monetary policies and less fiscal dominance of the economy, a new report by the International …