Sri Lanka buffer zone forces fisher folk into other work: survey

Sept 12, 2007 (LBO) – A controversial buffer zone that banned re-building of homes of Sri Lankan victims near the coast after the December 2004 tsunami …

Australia says 72 Sri Lankan boatpeople are refugees

SYDNEY, Sept 12, 2007 (AFP) - Australia Wednesday granted refugee status to 72 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who were intercepted at sea in February but said they …

Sri Lanka issues tsunami warning; magnitude revised to 8.2

Sept 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's department of meteorology has issued a tsunami warning to the country's eastern, northern and southern coastal regions …

Sri Lanka issues tsunami warning

Sept 12, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has issued a tsunami warning following a 7. buy grifulvin online …

New High

VIENNA, Sept 11, 2007 (AFP) - OPEC exporters agreed Tuesday to pump an extra 500,000 barrels of oil a day to cool near-record crude prices, in a victory for …

Sri Lanka issues evacuation order; waves reach Indonesia

Sept 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has issued evacuation orders to people living in coastal areas after a tsunami struck the coast of Indonesia from a 8.2 …

Sri Lanka lifts tsunami warning

Sept 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has lifted a tsunami warning and evacuation order issued after an 8.2 magnitude earthquake generated a small wave in …

Sri Lanka opposition slam HSBC, business chambers over dollar bond

Sept 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition has slammed HSBC Bank over its involvement in a controversial sovereign bond issue and accused two …

Sri Lanka navy sinks suspected rebel gun-running ships

Sept 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy sank at least three suspected Tamil Tiger gun-running vessels off the island's southeastern sea board, navy officials …

Sri Lanka navy claims major success against Tamil Tigers

COLOMBO, Sept 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy on Tuesday claimed its biggest success against the Tamil Tiger rebels, saying it had virtually wiped out the …

Sri Lanka minister lashes out at inflation creators

Sept 11, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's consumer affairs minister, cornered by rising prices and a falling rupee caused by money printing, lashed out at a …

Hedging Game

Sept 11, 2007 (LBO) – Lanka IOC, the Sri Lanka unit of the Indian Oil Corporation, has started to hedge oil imports with positive initial results, an …

Sri Lanka says wanted Tamil Tiger arms supplier arrested

Sept 11, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's defence ministry Tuesday claimed that one of the most wanted Tamil Tigers had been arrested by Interpol in Bangkok, …

Fresh Sri Lanka violence kills 15

Sept 8, 2007 (AFP) - At least 15 people were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka's embattled northern and eastern regions, military officials said Saturday. …

Sri Lanka tightens labour laws

Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is doubling the time given under its labour laws for aggrieved employees to seek redress, rolling a back a previous …

Sri Lanka presses France to clamp down on Tamil Tigers

PARIS, Sept 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's foreign minister said Thursday he had won assurances from French authorities that they will take action to curb the …

Kero Hurdle

Sept 6, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would make a fixed payment to poor households on income support from this month but limit a promised subsidy to fishermen …

Top spies from Sri Lanka, Asia Pacific meet to combat security threats

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5, 2007 (AFP) - Top military intelligence chiefs from 19 nations gathered here Wednesday for the first time to discuss terrorism, maritime …

Rights group says 43 aid workers killed in Sri Lanka

Sept 6, 2007 (AFP) - At least 43 aid workers have been killed in Sri Lanka since early last year amid an escalation of fighting between troops and Tamil …

Seismic Eye

Sept 05, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will shortly tender for two-dimensional seismic surveys off the southern tip of the island to look for new oil deposits, …