Floods swamp Sri Lanka ahead of tsunami anniversary

COLOMBO, Dec 19, 2006 (AFP) - Floods have displaced at least 40,000 people in Sri Lanka as the country prepares to commemorate the second anniversary of the …

Tamil rebels kidnap 23 students in Sri Lanka: military

Dec 19, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil guerrillas seized 23 students and two teachers and took them to a military training facility in eastern Sri Lanka, the defence …

Tamil Tigers free 23 children after abduction ‘mistake’

COLOMBO, Dec 19, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels kidnapped 23 teenagers and two of their teachers in eastern Sri Lanka, but later freed them and suspended the …

Green Business

December 19, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankan businesses are cashing in on a booming market for carbon finance, selling carbon credits at increasing prices to …

Thousands flee Tiger territory amid fears of fighting

Dec 18, 2006 (AFP) - More than 2,200 more civilians have fled rebel-held territory in eastern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Monday amid fears of renewed …

Oil Buddies

December 18, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is scouting for international experts to help the island hedge part of its hefty oil bill next year, Petroleum …

Corruption swallows aid as Sri Lanka marks tsunami anniversary

Dec 18, 2006 (AFP) - Corruption and ethnic violence is blocking a flood of foreign aid for Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors two years after the massive disaster, …

A window for Sri Lanka to catch-up and move forward using historical advantages

November 16 (LBO) - Sri Lanka should grasp the opportunities to grow its services sector using historical advantages, as India has already started to do, …

Bush frees refugee funds for Somalia, Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka’s top lenders meet to discuss future funding, development plans

December 15, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main international lenders are due to meet late next month to asses their ongoing projects and discuss future …

Corruption watchdog slams Sri Lanka tsunami relief agencies for financial secrecy

December 15 (LBO) – Corruption watchdog Transparency International slammed tsunami relief agencies in Sri Lanka on Friday for sloppy work and scant …

Tamil Tiger chief mourns loss of “irreplaceable” aide

COLOMBO, Dec 15, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger leader conferred Friday the rebels' highest honour on his chief peace negotiator who died of cancer, …

Tiger chief peace negotiator dies of cancer

COLOMBO, Dec 15, 2006 (AFP) - The senior negotiator for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, who vociferously pleaded their cause around the world but never took up …

Death of voice of Tamil struggle a new blow to peace in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Dec 15, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's moribund peace process suffered another setback with the death of the top Tamil Tiger negotiator who was regarded as …

Troops kill six Tiger rebels in east Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Dec 14, 2006 (AFP) - Security forces shot dead at least six Tamil Tiger rebels during a confrontation in Sri Lanka's restive eastern province, …

South Asia, Sri Lanka, headed for sharper fall if policy is not tightened in time: World Bank

December 14 – (LBO) The South Asian region, including Sri Lanka, which experienced robust growth in 2006, may face a sharper and disruptive slowdown, …

Energy Link

December 14, 2006 (LBO) – India and Sri Lanka are due to ink a million dollar agreement as early as next year to set up a mega transmission power line …

Sri Lanka’s exports dip by over 11% in Oct on fall in apparel, tea and industrial goods

December 13 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports dipped by over 11 percent in October, the country’s Central Bank said Wednesday, on the back of a …

ADB pumps in additional US$ 60 mn for water project due to cost overruns

December 13, 2006 (LBO) – A sudden rise in construction prices, government duties and taxes, has forced the Asian Development Bank to stump up an extra …

Trade unions force Sri Lanka to scrap newer consumer inflation index

December 13, (LBO) – A newer price index covering a larger geographical area, which represented a broader socio-economic category is being scrapped …