Sri Lanka rejects criticisms on human rights probe
Sept 22, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's attorney-general's department has rejected criticism of the island's human rights record made by an independent, …
Sept 22, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's attorney-general's department has rejected criticism of the island's human rights record made by an independent, …
Sept 22, 2007 (AFP) - A powerful mine hit a civilian bus near Sri Lanka's northeastern port of Trincomalee on Saturday, killing its driver and wounding two …
Sept 21, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has downgraded its economic growth forecast to between six and seven percent for 2007 as a fast growing public sector and …
Sept 21, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tax department is slowly regaining its reputation which had been tarnished by a tax scam and complaints of bullying tax …
Sept 21, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes bombed a Tamil Tigers' ammunitions store in the north of the island Friday, causing heavy damage, the defence …
Sept 21, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's deputy finance minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya rejected charges that the government had misused funds in starting a …
Sept 20, 2007 (LBO) – A government minister blocked reporters from questioning officials about real losses made by a pension fund of private sector …
Sept 19, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lankan opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe Wednesday accused the government of illegally channeling state funds to a new budget …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - A top international panel on Wednesday accused Sri Lanka of failing to honour promises to investigate grave human rights …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Wednesday appointed his younger brother as a member of parliament, officials said, in a …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's lengthy separatist conflict is compounding problems of malnutrition on the island, an international charity said …
Sept 18, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's trade deficit has narrowed in July with oil imports slowing and exports growing by 33.9 percent, the Central Bank said …
Sept 18, 2007 (AFP) - The Asian Human Rights Commission asked the United Nations Tuesday to intervene to end extra-judicial killings in Sri Lanka, where it …
COLOMBO, Sept 17, 2007 (AFP) - Navy chiefs in Sri Lanka organised a party Monday to welcome back teams involved in what they claim was the government's biggest …
Sept 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has spent more than 200 million US dollars to prop up the rupee during the past four months in an intervention campaign …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Sept 17, 2007 (AFP) - A top Sri Lankan official said Monday that Tamil Tiger rebels need to be defeated, an apparent shift in the …
Sept 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top business chamber wants to create a lobby group to push for peace but at the same times has acknowledged the …
Sept 16, 2007 (LBO) - A World Bank economist said Sri Lanka should trim the budget deficit if it wanted to achieve eight percent economic growth and monetary …
September 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's defence establishment has told the business community that it was working to a plan to defeat Tamil Tiger …
COLOMBO, Sept 16, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops stepped up search operations for Tamil rebels in the embattled north and east after 28 people were killed in a …