Ruling Roost
LONDON, June 28, 2007 (AFP) - Ten years after British energy markets were liberalised the customer is king and can put pressure on prices with a click of a …
LONDON, June 28, 2007 (AFP) - Ten years after British energy markets were liberalised the customer is king and can put pressure on prices with a click of a …
June 28, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement (FMM) has expressed shock at attempts to bring back a repealed law which it said was used in the …
June 28, 2007 (AFP) - Some 430 Sri Lankans were slain during a five-month period, most of them minority Tamils, a commission said on Thursday, amid growing …
TOKYO, June 28, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Thursday he was optimistic that a meeting of top donors this week would help …
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka told Western donor nations Tuesday that it would be a "tragic error" to cut aid to the island nation due to alleged …
TOKYO, June 27, 2007 (AFP) - Japan, the single largest donor to Sri Lanka, on Wednesday expressed concern about the human rights situation in the island nation …
June 27, 2007 (LBO) – Areas bordering Sri Lanka's western province, which is open to the world and has good infrastructure, grew fastest last year with a …
June 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces found a powerful Claymore mine near an oil storage depot in the capital Tuesday, the defence ministry said. …
GENEVA, June 25, 2007 (AFP) - A bullet being used in an investigation into the killings in Sri Lanka of 17 aid workers last August may have been removed from …
June 26 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank is to introduce a prosperity index to track the progress of the island's provinces which are lagging behind and …
June 26, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Tuesday scrapped value added tax on ten key food items in a bid to bring down food prices driven to high levels by money …
June 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's reserve money targeting regime is showing results and volatility in overnight rates and inflation will moderate, …
June 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka ruling party two-man rebel faction led by sacked former foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera has invited the …
June 24, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway said here Sunday it will hold a meeting of the island's key financial backers this week in a bid to stop …
June 24, 2007 (AFP) - Peace broker Norway is holding a crucial meeting with Sri Lanka's top aid donors this week in a bid to halt a new wave of bloodshed, but …
June 23, 2007 (LBO) – Zimbabwe's currency has started to freefall with heavy money printing to finance state expenses reports said, while Sri Lanka's …
June 23, 2007 (AFP) - International donors will meet in Oslo next week to review Sri Lanka's worsening bloodshed and look for a way to revive a moribund peace …
June 21, 2007 (AFP) - At least three soldiers were killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb attack Thursday in northern Sri Lanka, military officials …
June 22, 2007 (AFP) - At least two Tamil Tiger rebels were killed when they detonated their explosives-laden boat off Sri Lanka's northeastern coast Friday, …
June 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Friday delayed hearing a case challenging the eviction of minority ethnic Tamils from Colombo, which police …