Gas Plan

July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run ports agency is planning a liquid natural gas terminal in its southern port in Hambantota for power generation and …

Sri Lanka raises fag taxes to boost revenues

July 31, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has raised taxes on cigarettes to bring in an additional 1. online pharmacy buy zofran with best prices today in the USA 4 …

Sri Lanka tax revenues picking up: Treasury Secretary

July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tax revenues are picking up helped by stronger customs collections, Treasury Secretary P B Jayasundera said. online pharmacy …

Sri Lanka hopes to move to budget deficit of 4.0-pct of GDP

July 29, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is hoping to cut the budget deficit to 4.buy azithromycin online buy azithromycin online no prescription 0 percent of gross …

Sri Lanka FDI flows reach $430mn in first half 2013

July 29, 2013 (LBO) - Foreign direct investment flows to Sri Lanka in the first half of 2013 reached 430 million US dollars and the full year was expected to …

IMF’s Asia Pacific chief Anoop Singh to retire

July 26, 2013 (LBO) - Anoop Singh, director of the International Monetary Fund's Asia Pacific Department and one-time country representative of Sri Lanka is to …

Loans to eurozone businesses drop sharply: ECB

FRANKFURT, July 25, 2013 (AFP) - Loans to businesses in the debt-mired eurozone tumbled in June, the European Central Bank said Thursday, weakening a key …

Many Sri Lanka state agency accounts disclaimed by auditors: COPE report

July 26, 2013 (LBO) - Accounts of 18 state enterprises and agencies had been disclaimed by auditors, while another 04 had adverse opinions, some for two years …

Base Case

July 26, 2013 (LBO) - Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc said profits in the June 2013 quarter rose 5.5 percent to 562 million rupees from a year earlier, despite …

Sri Lanka scales back army presence in former rebel stronghold

July 24, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Wednesday it will dismantle over a dozen army camps in the former rebel stronghold of Jaffna, weeks ahead of …

Petro Price

July 25, 2013 (LBO) - Cairn Lanka, a unit of India-based Cairn is in talks with Sri Lanka's government over gas pricing and commercial terms following the …

Sri Lanka holds rates, state credit easing: Central Bank

July 24, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is holding its policy interest rates at 9. online pharmacy buy cymbalta with best prices today in the USA buy cenforce online …

Sri Lanka refugee describes boat sinking tragedy

CIDAUN, July 24, 2013 (AFP) - Rescuers searched the seas off Indonesia's Java island Wednesday for possibly dozens of asylum-seekers missing after their …

Sri Lanka to curb supermarket expansion

July 22, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to curb the expansion of self-service supermarkets, a media report said shortly after new taxes were imposed on privately …

Sri Lanka credit profile stabilized, but burdens rising: Moody’s

July 22, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's credit profile has stabilized but external debt and debt servicing costs are rising, Moody's Investors Services, which has …

Riots rock Australian refugee centre on Nauru

SYDNEY, July 20, 2013 (AFP) - Buildings were torched as hundreds of asylum-seekers escaped detention during riots at an Australian refugee facility on Nauru, …

Protests in Sri Lanka over French film festival

COLOMBO, July 17, 2013 (AFP) - Hundreds of government supporters protested outside the French embassy in Colombo Wednesday over a film festival which included …

Sri Lanka bets on high-end casinos to boost economy

COLOMBO, July 17, 2013 (AFP) - Multi-million-dollar casinos planned for Colombo have boosted Sri Lanka's ambitious hopes of becoming Asia's new gambling …

Bernanke: Tapering stimulus ‘not a preset course’

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2013 (AFP) - US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated Wednesday that the Fed stimulus could be wound up next year if economic …

Sri Lankans arrested in UK for working

July 16, 2013 (LBO) - Two Sri Lankans were arrested by the immigration authorities for overstaying visas and working in Blackpool, England, the UK High …