Sri Lanka to revamp consumer price index as inflation soars
Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it plans to rejig its consumer price index basket to reflect changed food and lifestyle trends as inflation based …
Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it plans to rejig its consumer price index basket to reflect changed food and lifestyle trends as inflation based …
February 22 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's sacked national heritage minister Anura Bandaranaike has been re-appointed to his former post Thursday, a spokesman from …
Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy sank two suspected Tamil Tiger boats off the island's north-western coast Thursday, killing at least nine people, a …
COLOMBO, Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Three civilians were found shot dead in northern Sri Lanka and a soldier was killed in the country's east Thursday, on the eve of …
SYDNEY, Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - An Australian warship has intercepted a boat carrying 85 Sri Lankans towards a Canberra-controlled island in the Indian Ocean, …
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels mark the fifth anniversary of their Norwegian-brokered truce this week but …
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday asked neighbouring India to intensify a crackdown on suspected Tamil rebel gun-running across the narrow …
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - At least three people, including a policeman, were killed and 16 wounded Wednesday in a mine attack in eastern Sri Lanka, police …
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - Norway Wednesday called for a fresh commitment from Sri Lanka's warring parties to maintain its peace brokering efforts on the …
Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - War in the Middle East and equal paying jobs at home led to a sharp drop in Sri Lankans working abroad in 2006 as maids, clerks and …
COLOMBO, Feb 20, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday condemned as an "abominable act of terrorism" the firebombing of a train from India to Pakistan that killed 68 …
COLOMBO, Feb 20, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan military aircraft bombed rebel-held territory on Tuesday, killing at least two villagers, the Tamil Tiger guerrillas …
February, 20 (LBO) – Ceylon Petroleum Corporation wants to hedge 300,000 barrels of diesel before the end of the month, but is looking for better upside …
Feb 19 (LBO) – For the first time in a decade, Sri Lanka’s exports to India dropped last year, following trade disputes over the island’s …
Feb 18 (LBO) – Millions of pounds worth debt-relief to Sri Lanka is hanging in the balance with Britain saying that queries have been raised over human …
February 17 (LBO) – An international journalist rights body has voiced concern as yet another Sri Lankan journalist went missing this week. Media …
COLOMBO, Feb 17, 2007 (AFP) - One civilian was killed and six other people were wounded when suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a fragmentation mine in …
COLOMBO, Feb 16, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's air force bombed suspected Tamil Tiger rebel targets in the northern Jaffna peninsula on Friday, the defence ministry …
COLOMBO, Feb 15, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka faces international isolation for failing to pay close heed to human rights issues, former foreign minister Mangala …
COLOMBO, Feb 15, 2007 (AFP) - Britain's junior foreign minister said here Thursday his country was willing to play a bigger role in bringing peace to Sri …