Sri Lanka monks join anti-pension protests

June 3, 2011 (AFP) - Hundreds of Buddhist monks took to the streets of Sri Lanka's capital Friday to express solidarity with factory workers protesting a …

Sri Lanka deploys troops at free-trade zone

June 3, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka deployed heavily-armed troops around the country's main free-trade zone on Friday as tension mounted ahead of the weekend …

Sri Lanka state withdraws controversial pension bill

June 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka minister of labour has withdrawn a proposed law to build a third state controlled pension fund from the salaries of private …

Sri Lanka pension bill protestor dies

June 02, 2011 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan worker who was shot while protesting a state plan to deduct more money from private sector worker salaries to build a new …

Sri Lanka central bank to restore second historic building

June 02, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank which has restored a historic building in Colombo city's old quarter which features colonial era architecture …

Sri Lanka tax collections up but revenue deficit wide in 1Q

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Sri Lanka arrests police over firing at protesters

June 1, 2011 (AFP) - Two senior Sri Lankan police officers have been arrested over live rounds fired at protests against a pension bill at which 150 people …

Sri Lanka export zone to reopen Thursday

June 01, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Export Processing Zone next to the Katunayake international airport is to be reopened Thursday following violent protests by …

Sri Lanka March exports surge 54-pct

May 31, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's exports surged 54 percent in March to 1,057 million dollars, topping a billion dollars for the first time helped by a steep …

Sri Lanka inflation eases to 8.8-pct in May

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Oil Trend

May 31, 2011 (LBO) - Lanka IOC, the Sri Lanka unit of Indian Oil Corporation lost 111 million rupees in the March 2011 quarter, on revenues of 16. online …

Sri Lanka ‘pension’ law not to apply to export workers: state

May 30, 2011 (LBO) - A proposed controversial 'pension' bill to strengthen state control over forced retirement savings of private sector workers will not …

Sri Lanka IFC investments upped after war

May 30, 2011 (LBO) - International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private sector financing arm, said it could double investments in Sri Lanka to nearly …

Sri Lanka IFC in business skill push through web, mobile

May 30, 2011 (LBO) - International Finance Corporation, World Bank's private sector arm, Dialog Axiata and IBM Corporation is seeing growing use of a web based …

Sri Lanka protests against ‘pension’ rise: report

May 29, 2011 (LBO) - Protests against a controversial attempt by the state to grab long term control of private sector workers' retirement funds and deduct …

Sri Lanka leader vows to defend troops on war crime claims

May 27, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Friday vowed to defend his military from war crimes allegations as the island marked the second …

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May 24, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is continuing its legal defence in action filed by international banks over petroleum derivatives sold to a state-run oil …

Sri Lanka inflation to fall in May

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Sri Lanka private sector urged to hire former combatants

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A call against ad hoc state food restrictions in new bubble

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