War planes hit Tigers after Muslim massacre, reporters escape bombing
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger targets in the island's east Tuesday, officials said, while rebel mortars killed …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger targets in the island's east Tuesday, officials said, while rebel mortars killed …
SINGAPORE, September 18, 2006 (LBO) – Civil society groups Sunday slammed IMFs plan to overhaul its governance structure, saying they mean very little to …
SINGAPORE, September 18, 2006 (LBO) – World Bank’s policy body Monday asked the bank’s president not to lose sight of reducing poverty, as …
SINGAPORE, September 18, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka was one of the 23 countries that opposed a plan to overhaul the voting shares of the International …
COLOMBO, Sept 18, 2006 (AFP) - The bodies of 11 Muslim men hacked to death were found in eastern Sri Lanka Monday, police said as Tamil Tiger rebels and …
SINGAPORE, September 18, 2006 (LBO) – The World Bank rapped politically hungry governments saying short sighted policies fail to uplift the poor, keeping …
COLOMBO, Sept 17, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy gunboats and war planes bombed a suspected Tamil Tiger arms ship Sunday, the defence ministry said, despite …
PUERTO DE LOS CRISTIANOS, Spain, Sept 17, 2006 (AFP) - A second boatload of some 200 clandestine immigrants from Asia has been spotted on its way to the Canary …
SINGAPORE, Sep 17 (LBO) - Though other South Asian nations are doing reasonably well in fighting inflation Sri Lanka's central bank must be more vigilant and …
SINGAPORE, Sept 16, 2006 (LBO) - The practice of Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries that spend massive public resources on subsidies do not help the …
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (AFP) - The United States on Friday classified six Asian countries as religious freedom violators, aside from China, Myanmar, North Korea …
SINGAPORE September 16, 2006 (LBO) – Historically high global oil prices have overtaken a three decades old ethnic conflict to emerge as the biggest …
SINGAPORE, September 16, 2006 (LBO) – Japan has come forward to help Sri Lanka expand its energy mix, with financial backing to build a liquefied natural …
SINGAPORE, September 16, 2006 (LBO) – Workers’ remittances is turning out to be an attractive sources of foreign financing for countries like Sri …
Sept 16, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead three civilians and a government soldier in separate incidents, the defence ministry said …
Singapore September 15, 2006 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund Friday asked domestic policymakers to be nimble and adapt to external risks like …
Singapore September 15, 2006 (LBO) -- Singapore Friday appeared to be willing to soften on an earlier ban of allowing civil society groups to participate in …
SINGAPORE September 15, 2006 (LBO) – In addition to curries, saris and a passion for cricket, Sri Lanka shares similar problems with South Asian …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Sept 15, 2006 (AFP) - Government forces shelled Tamil Tiger positions in northeastern Sri Lanka Friday as suspected guerrillas shot …
Sept 15 (LBO) – Lanka Indian Oil Corp., will drop fuel prices again from Friday to recover a 50 percent loss in volumes due to price wars with Sri …