Inflationary expectations low this year – poll
Apr. 12 (LBO) - An online poll of LBO readers has shown that inflationary expectations for 2005 are low. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in …
Market bomb kills 13, dims peace hopes in Sri Lanka
Apr. 12 (AFP) - A bomb ripped through a vegetable market in northeastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 13 people in the latest of a series of blasts which …
Sri Lanka truce monitors to meet LTTE after latest attacks in Trincomalee
Apr.12 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's ceasefire monitors are due to meet with Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday after four blasts since Monday have killed 34 people, …
Britons wounded in Sri Lanka blast
Apr.11 (AFP) - Three Britons were injured in Tuesday's bomb attack in northeastern Sri Lanka in which 12 sailors were killed, police said. The two women and a …
Bus blast kills 12 Sri Lankan sailors and dims peace hopes
Apr.11 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil rebels blew up a bus full of sailors in northeastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday killing 12 and further dimming hopes for a new round …
Returning Sense
Apr.11 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's finance ministry says fuel subsidies are placing an unsustainable burden on the exchequer; in a move analysts expect to be a …
Sri Lanka condemns death of five soldiers as international donors meet LTTE
Apr.10 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday condemned the killing of five soldiers in Jaffna today while island's key international lenders met Tamil Tiger rebels. …
Sri Lanka donors meet Tamil Tigers to save peace talks
Apr.10 (AFP) - Envoys from Sri Lanka's international donors went Monday to meet Tamil Tiger rebels in a bid to keep peace talks due to be held in Switzerland …
Four soldiers, two aid workers killed in Sri Lanka blast
Apr.10, 2006 (AFP) - At least four Sri Lankan soldiers and two civilians were killed in a landmine blast blamed on the Tamil Tigers in the northern Jaffna …
Canada labels Tamil Tigers terror group
OTTAWA, Apr. 10 (AFP) - Canada has added the Sri Lankan separatist Tamil Tigers to its list of terrorist organizations, Minister of Public Safety Stockwell Day …
Canada to classify Tamil Tigers as terror group: report
MONTREAL, April 06(AFP) - Canada has added to its list of terrorist organizations the Tamil Tigers, a group fighting for the autonomy of northeastern Sri …
Three shot dead in Sri Lanka’s east
Apr.07 (AFP) - A Tamil nationalist activist and two Muslim police guards were shot dead in Sri Lanka's volatile eastern province on Friday, police said. buy …
Sri Lanka talks to go ahead despite killings: peace envoys
Apr.07 (AFP) - Norway's top Sri Lankan peace envoys said they were confident new talks set for this month would go ahead despite the killings Friday of a …
Sri Lanka’s future hangs on peace, lower public debt, inflation: ADB
Apr.06 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's economy is expected to expand by 5.3 percent in 2006, but much of it hinges on peace, and cut backs on public debt, inflation and …
Adding Layers
Apr.06 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has sought a US$500 million loan from Saudi Arabia to double its oil refinery capacity, Energy Minister A H M Fowzie said …
Norway peace envoys meet Sri Lanka president on truce
Apr.06 (AFP) - Norway's top peace envoys met Sri Lanka's president Thursday, diplomats said, amid doubts about whether the next round of talks on salvaging the …
Sri Lanka offers safe passage for Tigers after fresh Norway bid
Apr.06 (AFP) - Sri Lanka gave security guarantees to Tiger rebels travelling to Switzerland for talks on saving their faltering ceasefire, a Norwegian minister …
Tigers pressure Norway to disarm Tamil rivals in Sri Lanka
Apr.05 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday asked Norway's new peace envoy to make sure Sri Lanka's government disarms para-military groups ahead of a new …
Norway’s new peace envoy opens talks with Sri Lankan rebels
Apr.05 (AFP) - Norway's new peace envoy opened talks with Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday as the Sri Lankan government's key electoral partner renewed calls for …
Polls victory to boost Sri Lanka peace hopes: negotiator
Apr.04 (AFP) - Hopes for peace in Sri Lanka have been strengthened by the ruling party's landslide victory in local polls, the government's top peace …