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Ceylon Petroleum Corporation unions are threatening to strike work next week, protesting against a new refinery project to be built with private sector help. …
Sri Lanka PM to halt privatisation
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse will immediately abandon the major privatisation undertaken by the current government if elected president next month, his …
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A US$ 800 mn refinery at Sapugaskanda has got the Cabinet nod, in a joint venture with US based Global Energy and Industrial Operations Inc.cytotec buy …
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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister is promising to give paid paternity leave, duty free vehicles for good taxpayers, free spectacles for the disable, and splash out …
Don’t go for ready-made development programmes; UNCTAD
UN trade agency (UNCTAD) says ready-made development programmes, designed by foreign agencies, are not working. online pharmacy buy spiriva inhaler with best …
Treasury Secretary optimistic of 6% GDP this year
Treasury Secretary says GDP growth will surpass six percent this year but independent economists give sharply lower forecasts. buy cymbalta online …
EU funding for NGO peace programmes
The EU sets aside € 490,000 ( around Rs 60 million) to support human rights and conflict resolution initiatives in Sri Lanka by Non Governmental …
LTTE asks Norway to break ice over talks
Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday asked peace broker Norway to help end the deadlock in Sri Lanka's peace process amid a renewed outbreak of internecine clashes. buy …
Where does all that development aid go?
Rich countries have been doling out more development aid to poor countries, but most of that is being used to pay off debt and rebuild after natural disasters, …
Sri Lanka banks on tsunami-aid despite Pakistan quake
Tsunami-hit Sri Lanka is still banking on international aid despite donor attention shifting to Pakistan following the devastating earthquake there, the …
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Sri Lanka is planning to tap international capital markets aggressively after getting a sovereign rating to support its economic recovery next year, and bypass …
Presidential hopefuls campaign on peace and prices in Sri Lanka
ANURADHAPURA, Oct 9 - Sri Lanka's two main candidates for the presidency launched their election campaigns at the weekend promising peace at last for the …
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Opposition leader seeks unity to end Sri Lanka bloodshed
Sri Lanka's opposition leader launched his presidential election bid from this historic city Saturday urging unity among the deeply divided majority community …
Norway envoy sets stage for truce talks with Tigers
Norway's ambassador to Sri Lanka met with Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday ahead of a review of Oslo's peace initiative and talks next week on salvaging a shaky …
Sri Lanka asks donors to cut redtape and coordinate aid for bigger projects
Sri Lanka's foreign donors are falling over themselves to channel aid to similar projects, but a lots needs to be done to co-ordinate and channel assistance to …
Norway rules out early talks on Sri Lanka truce
Peace broker Norway ruled out early direct talks between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lanka to save their truce although the rebels said they were ready for …
Tamil Tigers seen as kingmakers in Sri Lanka vote
Sri Lanka's minority parties have aligned with the two main contenders for next month's presidential election hoping to be kingmakers, but analysts say it is …
Blast in Sri Lankan capital; no casualties
Police inspect the wreckage of a van after a bomb explosion in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, 06 October 2005. There were no major casualties in the …
Politicians littering Colombo and getting public to pay to clean up
Sri Lankan politicians are littering the island's commercial capital, Colombo and are getting the public to pay to clean up their mess. Sri Lankan politicians …