Sri Lanka military to build 5-star hotel, float construction firm: report

Nov 07, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's military is looking for land in Colombo to build a five star hotel and will also float a construction firm to bid for state …

Sri Lanka post-war hopes hit by nationalisation ‘blow’

November 6, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has vowed to turn his war-battered nation into the "miracle of Asia," but a controversial new nationalisation …

Sri Lanka targets dissident websites

November 5, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Saturday warned websites to register with the authorities after the United States expressed deep concern over Colombo's …

Sri Lanka sugar mill blockaded, director assaulted ahead of expropriation

Nov 05, 2011 (LBO) - A sugar mill in Sri Lanka slated for expropriation has been blockaded by ruling party activists and there was no police protection its …

Sri Lanka business chambers endorse expropriation bill

Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's large business chambers have tacitly endorsed a draft law to expropriate assets of several businesses on a promise that it …

Sri Lanka Marxists oppose expropriation law in historic move

Nov 04, 2011 (LBO) - In a bizarre development, Sri Lanka's Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, a Marxist opposition party has opposed a state plan to expropriate assets …

Sri Lanka university deal to CATIC

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Sri Lanka govt defends nationalisation bid

November 3, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday defended a controversial move to nationalise "under-performing" private companies and rejected allegations that …

Sri Lanka trying to swap Chinese infrastructure loans to equity: minister

Nov 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka wants to swap debt to equity at some of its Chinese funded projects to reduce repayment pressure in the future, minister for …

Sri Lanka state entities making losses; ruined by political meddling: report

Nov 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state entities have been badly hit by the appointment of unqualified persons to top positions and while annual accounts were …

Sri Lanka minister in bid to fast track building starts

Nov 02, 2011 (LBO ) - Sri Lanka's economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa urged state agencies to drop archaic rules and procedures that were delaying …

Sri Lanka expropriation law will violate economic freedom: opposition

Nov 02, 2011 (LBO) - A planned expropriation law violates economic freedoms of citizens and will scare away foreign investors, lawmakers representing Sri …

Sri Lanka planned expropriation law under fire

Nov 01, 2011 (LBO) - A secretly written expropriation law which has not yet been presented to parliament has come under fire from a lawmaker and an ex-chamber …

Sri Lanka aims high in doing business ranking

Nov 01, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is aiming to reach 70 in an ease of doing business ranking compiled by the World Bank next year from 89 in 2012, and 30 in 2014 …

G20 leaders to meet under threat of new global recession

PARIS, October 31, 2011 (AFP) - Leaders of the world's biggest economies meet in Cannes this week as Europe tries to convince markets and US critics that its …

Sri Lanka inflation eases to 5.1-pct in October

Oct 31, 2011 (LBO) - Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo slowed to 5.1 percent in October 2011, from 6. online pharmacy buy advair rotahaler with …

Sri Lanka lures Vietnam businessmen

Oct 31, 2011 (LBO) - A team of Vietnamese businessmen who visited Sri Lanka recently as part of a state visit by Truong Tan Sang, president of Vietnam, was …

Sri Lanka expropriation law will harm investment: ex-chamber chief

Oct 31, 2011 (LBO) - A former head of Sri Lanka's largest business chamber, Chandra Jayaratne, has warned that a proposed expropriation law will harm the …

Britain urges Sri Lanka to make progress on rights by 2013

LONDON, October 30, 2011 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Sri Lanka on Sunday to make progress on human rights before it hosts the next …

Sri Lankan FM slams ‘biased’ UN rights report

PERTH, October 30, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's foreign minister Sunday condemned a "preposterous" UN-commissioned report alleging war crimes in his country, …