Lions leader offers to play role in Sri Lanka peace process

July 13 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan businessman who has just been elected president of the International Lions Organization says he hopes to help take forward …

Sri Lanka to re-build areas taken from Tamil Tigers

July 13, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka announced Friday it would mark the fall of the last Tamil rebel bastion in the east of the island with the launch of an …

Sri Lanka president welcomes capture of Tiger base

July 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Wednesday paid tribute to his security forces for capturing what he called the "last stronghold" of the Tamil Tiger …

Sri Lanka claims fall of Tiger base amid new peace bid

July 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Wednesday it had captured the "nerve centre" and last Tamil Tiger jungle stronghold in the east of the island, …

Tigers admit losing key stronghold in Sri Lanka’s east

July 12, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted losing a key stronghold in eastern Sri Lanka to government forces and said they would revert to …

Sri Lanka petro chief calls for national hedging policy

July 12, 2007 (LBO) – The head of Sri Lanka's state petroleum utility has called for a national policy on oil hedging for the longer term as …

Tamil Tigers threaten guerrilla warfare after conventional defeat

July 12, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted losing a key stronghold in eastern Sri Lanka to government forces and said they would revert to …

Power Seed

July 11, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is seeking Indian support to develop bio-diesel plants in the island's Puttalam region, north of the capital Colombo, a …

Sri Lanka claims capture of Tamil Tiger jungle base

July 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops captured on Wednesday the jungle "nerve centre" of Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the east of the island after months of …

Sri Lankan industrialists concerned about slowing economic growth

July 11, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top industrialists have expressed concern over the noticeable slowing down of economic growth and delays in legislating …

Tigers slow Sri Lanka advance on eastern jungle base

July 10, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels in the east of Sri Lanka are showing stiff resistance and have slowed a military advance on a strategic jungle base, …

Sri Lanka peace monitors want to double staff as war escalates

July 9, 2007 (AFP) - International peace monitors in Sri Lanka want to double their numbers as fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels …

Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers say two killed in clash with navy

July 8, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday they lost two fighters during a three-hour sea battle with the Sri Lankan Navy off the island's eastern …

Blast heard near Sri Lanka’s international airport

COLOMBO, July 8, 2007 (AFP) - A blast was heard near Sri Lanka's only international airport Sunday, residents said. buy udenafil online …

Jet fighter canon injures four at Sri Lanka air base

July 8, 2007 (AFP) - Four airmen were seriously injured Sunday after a canon was activated on a jet fighter near the island's only international airport, …

Sri Lanka had low inflation only with fiscal discipline: minister

July 07, 2007 (LBO) – The state was not in a position to control prices of imported goods and price levels can only be stabilized by stopping money …

Sri Lanka says military kills three rebels

July 7, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops have killed three suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's embattled north and east, the defence ministry said on …

Sri Lanka says 19 killed in attacks

July 7, 2007 (AFP) - Fifteen Tamil Tiger rebels were shot dead as they fled from troops on tractors, the Sri Lankan government said on Saturday, while four …

Don’t Open

July 06, 2007 (LBO) – Opening up Sri Lanka's electricity sector to foreign competition under international free trade rules that are being negotiated …

Sri Lankan apparel to get wider access to Indian market

July 06, 2007 (LBO) – India has agreed to lift restrictions relating to fabric origins on duty free Sri Lankan apparel exports to the sub-continent …