Commonwealth agree they must reform
PERTH, October 30, 2011 (AFP) - A Commonwealth summit bringing together world leaders from the 54-nation bloc closed Sunday agreeing on the urgent need to …
PERTH, October 30, 2011 (AFP) - A Commonwealth summit bringing together world leaders from the 54-nation bloc closed Sunday agreeing on the urgent need to …
PERTH, October 28, 2011 (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II opened the 54-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Friday where issues from human rights …
PERTH, October 28, 2011 (AFP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Friday invoked an Australian Aboriginal proverb which notes "we are just passing through", as she …
Oct 28, 2011 (LBO) - Japan has given financial aid to support efforts to help ex-combatants and other affected people in Sri Lanka's former northern war zone …
Oct 28, 2011 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank said its program for Sri Lanka from 2012 will focus on public private partnerships in infrastructure, boosting …
PERTH, October 27, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government on Thursday sought to dismiss war crimes allegations as propaganda from its defeated rivals, as it came …
PERTH, October 27, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Thursday accused Western nations of doing "too little, too late" to address economic …
SHANGHAI, October 27, 2011 (AFP) - Hundreds of angry home buyers launched a series of protests in China's commercial hub of Shanghai this week, as owners …
PERTH, October 26, 2011 (AFP) - Australia on Wednesday assured Sri Lanka there were no plans to strip it of hosting rights to Commonwealth talks in 2013 over …
PERTH, October 26, 2011 (AFP) - Australia Wednesday urged the UN rights watchdog to probe alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, ramping up pressure ahead of a …
Oct 25, 2011 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government is to take over a high rise hotel and apartment tower whose construction was stalled after its parent firm got …
PERTH, October 25, 2011 (AFP) - Australian leader Julia Gillard on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka to address claims of serious human rights violations as a man filed …
October 25, 2011 (AFP) - The office of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said on Tuesday that a new war crimes charge filed in an Australian court against …
Oct 23, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has gifted 250 metric tonnes of rice to Somalia as domestic production increased, economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa …
THE HAGUE, October 21, 2011 (AFP) - Five members of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers were on Friday jailed for between two and six years for having sent millions of …
Oct 21, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is considering setting a minimum domestic wage and maximum expatriate wage for industries and also creating a forum for …
Oct 21, 2011 (LBO) - Tighter corporate disclosure rules helped propel Sri Lanka up the ease of doing business rankings, moving it closer to the target ranking …
Oct 21, 2011 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank has given Sri Lanka a 59 million US dollar loan to ensure balanced regional development that includes …
Oct 20, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has become an easier place to do business rising nine places to 89 over the past year in a global 'doing business' ranking …
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2011 (AFP) - Frustrated by the moribund US recovery, a growing number of economists are pushing the Federal Reserve to adopt an …