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COLOMBO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s annual inflation rate, measured on a 12-month moving average, rose slightly to 17.3 percent in August from 17.2 percent in July because of higher fuel prices, the government said on Friday.

Asian Games gold medallists,Korea overwhelmed lowly Sri Lanka 12-2 in their first Group B preliminary leauge match of the BSNL Asia Cup Hockey here this evening.

During a high-level District Development Council meeting Saturday, chaired by Amir Ali, MP, Minister of Disaster Management, the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) declined to remove the army camps currently set up in the Agrarian Service Centers in Karadiyanaa’ru, Ma’ndapaththadi and Vaakarai, citing security reasons. The representatives of the Agrarian Societies had asked the SLA to relocate the camps saying …

Reporters sans frontiers (RSF) in a press release issued Wednesday urged European and US Embassies to do their utmost to protect Iqbal Athas, investigative journalist of the Sunday Times weekly in Sri Lanka, who had gone into hiding for fear of his life after he published an article, revealing corruptions Sri Lanka State’s purchase of Mig-fighter jets from Ukraine. Athas finds himself the target …

Three people have been killed in violence in Sri Lanka as government troops traded long-range artillery fire with Tamil Tiger rebels in the northwest, the defence ministry said Friday.

New Delhi, August 31: Sri Lanka has welcomed the upcoming joint naval exercises by India, the US, Japan, Australia and Singapore in the Bay of Bengal, hoping such activities would ensure safety for trade and commerce in maritime zones.

Sri Lanka has welcomed the joint naval exercises by India, the US, Japan, Australia and Singapore in the Bay of Bengal.

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Sri Lanka has welcomed the upcoming joint naval exercises by India, the US, Japan, Australia and Singapore in the Bay of Bengal, hoping such activities would ensure

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Fitch Ratings said it has affirmed the ‘AAA(lka)’ national long-term rating assigned to the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd’s Sri Lanka (HSBSCL) branch with a stable outlook.

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Sri Lanka has welcomed the upcoming joint naval exercises by India, the US, Japan, Australia and Singapore in the Bay of Bengal, hoping such activities would ensure safety for trade and commerce in maritime zones.

Sri Lanka has welcomed the upcoming joint naval exercises by India, the US, Japan, Australia and Singapore in the Bay of Bengal, hoping such activities would ensure safety for trade and commerce in maritime zones.

In a new wave of violence, at least 17 people were killed in separate clashes in northern and eastern Sri Lanka in the past 24 hours, officials said today.

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Sri Lanka has no plans for a major offensive on uncleared areas in the North, Foreign Minister Rohit..

The Sri Lankan Military Command for Jaffna based in Palaali has instructed all the residents of the ..

Four medium scale hydro power projects, generating 260 mw are to be built under the10 year National ..

A police sergeant who solicited and accepted a bribe of Rs. 6,000 from a bootlegger, promising not t..

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga has thrown in her lot with the National Congress to take on t..

Sri Lanka’s rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) gunned down two members of one of its rival organizations in the east on Thursday, defense officials said. Two members of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) were killed b …

Sri Lanka’s defense officials said Thursday that at least 11 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in separate clashes in the island’s Northern Province during the last 24 hours. At least three Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadr …

Sri Lanka is moving forward with its first oil exploration round, with three roadshows planned in Se..

Aug 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s major opposition United National Party (UNP) held an agitation in front of the HSBC main office in Colombo today afternoon urging the bank not to release a loan to the Sri Lanka government.

SINGAPORE : Sri Lanka is moving forward with its first oil exploration round, with three roadshows planned in September to present data on three blocks in the offshore Mannar basin, the Petroleum Ministry said.

The depreciation of Sri Lanka Rupee by 0.99 per cent during the past two weeks against the US Dollar is not based upon any fundamental macroeconomic factors.

Sri Lanka has decided to exclude references like nationality, ethnic origin, religion and language i..