Sri Lanka: UN supports health services for resettled women
Mobile health clinic offering reproductive care to thousands of displaced persons from northern Sri Lanka in Vavuniya
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:00 GMT

Lankan team to head for EU
A Sri Lankan delegation will head to Brussels next week for talks with the European Union (EU) on the GSP plus trade concession and other issues, Minister G.L Pieris told reporters
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:34:00 GMT

Srilankan ICT Market Analysis
Recently released new market research report - ' ' that details on the ICT industry in Sri Lanka. It explains the current and future scenario of the IT and telecom sectors covering Personal Computer, Internet, mobile & fixed telephony, and broadband.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:31:00 GMT

Sri Lanka: Peace dividend
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:56:00 GMT

Sri Lanka Looking to Attract Businesses to Tax-Free Port
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:35:00 GMT

Transport Loans
Sri Lanka signs up US$290mn in railway airport loans from China Mar 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has signed up 290 million US dollars in financing from China's
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:00 GMT

China to loan Sri Lanka $290 mln for airport, railways
ministry statement in para 4) COLOMBO, March 10 (Reuters) - China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka to build a new airport and revive its railway network, the island nation's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. China will provide a $190
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:05:00 GMT

China to loan Sri Lanka $290 mln for infrastructure
COLOMBO, March 10 (Reuters) - China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka for a new airport and to revive the country's railway network, the island nation's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. China will provide a $190 million loan through
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:41:00 GMT

Mr. Ban Ki Moon – Why Sri Lanka? Why not Gaza
Nihad Issa - Ramallah, Palestine Ramallah, Palestine, 10 March (Asiantribune.com): As friends of Sri Lanka, Palestinians find it extremely difficult to keep silent when we hear of the sinister manipulations and arm bending tactics practiced by the heads
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:21:00 GMT

SRI LANKA CAN BUILD MORE INFRA WITH PJT-SPECIFIC BONDS: EXPERT
Sri Lanka should follow Malaysia's example in selling project specific bonds for infrastructure, which will give confidence that money is not mis-directed and make it easier to tap money for
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:59:00 GMT

SECTOR BRIEF: Transport aircraft sales
aircraft sales - China Economic Review Username: Password: briefs CER CER Transport aircraft sales March 9, 2010: Sri Lanka to buy six transport aircraft from China. Sri Lanka is buying from China six Xian
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:49:00 GMT

Five SL boxers at 5th Commonwealth championship
(Colombo LAnkapuvath March 09) Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka will stage 05 SL boxers at the 05th Commonwealth Boxing Championship 2010. The participants for the tournament was selected at the selection meet which was held from the 18th
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:42:00 GMT

Sri Lankans In Italy Agitate For Third Time Demanding General's Release
A protest march was organized in Napoli in Italy on the 7th to demand the government of Sri Lanka to immediately release Gen. Sarath Fonseka who is being arbitrarily detained by the SL. Army. According to the organizers of this event the protest march is
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:34:00 GMT

EMBASSY PROMOTES SRI LANKAN CULINARY ARTS IN THE US: SRI LANKAN CUISINE ENTICES TOP BUSINESS EXECUTIVES IN NEW YORK
The iconic Time Warner Center in New York witnessed a rare opportunity, where a spicy Sri Lankan feast enticing a large gathering of top executives from the American corporate world. The unique culinary evening, staged by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:34:00 GMT

Sri Lanka rejects UN plan to form human rights panel
Colombo, March 7 (IANS) Sri Lanka has rejected a UN proposal to set up an advisory panel in the wake of alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the war between government forces
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:30:00 GMT

Former Sri Lankan General to face charges soon
Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka is on a hunger strike, after being forbidden to speak to his daughters. General Fonseka has been held at
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:20:00 GMT

Sri Lanka: "Every mine I clear saves a life"
Source: Government of Switzerland Woman's de-mining team in Sri Lanka in the humanitarian front line She is 33 and the mother of five children. She spends her working day looking for mines in a plot of land 50 sq
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:14:00 GMT

Rapproachment
LBOPolitics India pushes Sri Lanka for Tamil reconciliation March 8, 2010 (AFP) - Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao urged Sri Lanka's leaders to open a new era of stability after the island's
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:18:00 GMT

Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao calls on FM Rohitha Bogollagama
(Colombo, Lankapuvath March 09) – Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao during her official visit to Sri Lanka, called on Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday (08). Mrs. Rao who is the first senior Indian official to come to Colombo after the
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:32:00 GMT

Sri Lanka: A New Lie
articles E-mail It Print It Scoop It Scoop >> World >> Article: Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: A new lie – police training without constitutional reforms Basil Fernando Peter Mountford who returned from a visit to Sri Lanka writes
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:21:00 GMT

Sri Lanka's opposition leader ends hunger strike
file photo, Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fonseka, Sri Lanka's detained ex-army chief and defeated presidential candidate, has ended
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:15:00 GMT

Opinion: A conscious travel guide to Sri Lanka
NEW YORK — Many observers of Sri Lanka's conflict expected a rush of tourism following its end last year. And now journalists are tipping their hats in Sri Lanka's direction: in recent pieces, both The
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:49:00 GMT

India looking into Sri Lanka request for more aid for IDPs
India is considering Sri Lanka's request for additional aid to ensure resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs), External affairs minister SM Krishna said on Saturday. Sri Lanka had conveyed to India that it
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:11:00 GMT

UN to press Sri Lanka for accountability
Tags: Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka, UN, Human Rights Council, Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he will press ahead with setting up a special panel on accountability in Sri Lanka [
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:12:00 GMT

India plans to open Consulate General in Jaffna
New Delhi, Mar 8 (UNI) India plans to open a Consulate General in Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka. Presently India has a Consulate in the Central province of Kandy, besides the High Commission in Colombo. This was conveyed by Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:53:00 GMT

India pushes Lanka for Tamil reconciliation
Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao urged Sri Lanka?s leaders to open a new era of stability after the island?s civil war by bringing minority Tamils into mainstream society, officials said yesterday. Rao, on a visit to Colombo
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:18:00 GMT

Top Indian diplomat calls on Sri Lankan president
hands with India?s foreign secretary Nirupama Rao in Colombo yesterday Visiting Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday and exchanged views on a range of issues of mutual interest to both the
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:17:00 GMT

Rights experts to advise UN on Sri Lanka
panel of experts to advise the world body on ?accountability issues? relating to possible human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, his spokesman said on Friday. In a telephone conversation with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday evening, Ban
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:17:00 GMT

Sri Lanka rebuffs UN plan for rights inquiry
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has branded a plan by the United Nations to create an investigative panel to examine w - More - 
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 01:55:00 GMT

India for quicker resettlement of Tamils
Date: 08/03/2010 India on Monday said it has urged Sri Lanka to quicken the resettlement of Tamils displaced by war and pledged aid for their housing projects as Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao returned home after a three-day visit to Colombo
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:31:00 GMT