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Sri Lanka

Military: Clashes in Sri Lanka kill 30 combatants

Sri Lankan soldiers attacked Tamil Tiger rebel bunkers along the northern front lines triggering gunbattles that killed 27 guerrillas and three soldiers, the military said Monday. Fighting has escalated in recent months on the...

32 killed in Sri Lanka clashes: govt (AFP)

COLOMBO (AFP) - At least 27 Tamil Tiger rebels and five government soldiers have been killed in the latest clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the island's defence ministry said Monday. The ministry said the fighting took place on...

Swiss find melamine in Thai, Sri Lankan biscuits (AP)

GENEVA - Swiss authorities say they have found high concentrations of melamine in biscuits from Thailand and Sri Lanka and have called on other European countries to withdraw the products. Authorities in the canton (state) of...

War not the answer in Sri Lanka: Smith (ABC)

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith has told his Sri Lankan counterpart that military action alone will not solve its bloody dispute with Tamil separatists. Mr Smith used a meeting with Rohitha Bogollagama in Canberra today...

Thrift Column - Yawning Gap

Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) – With the Sri Lanka rupee peg with the US dollar once again pressured by sterilized intervention activities of the central bank, exporters may be hoping for a more realistic exchange rate. For more...

Consultant

Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's World Bank office says the spouse of country director has been hired by the island's securities watchdog by a competitive process and it has been cleared by the lender's ethics committee. The...

Panel discusses how Asian migrant women are vulnerable to HIV

Although Asian migrant women working in Arab countries generate significant economic benefits for both their home and host countries, many of them are at risk of HIV because of the unsafe conditions under which they migrate and...

Losing Bounce

Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) – A collapsing global commodity bubble, falling demand from industrialised countries and lower oil prices have caused Sri Lankan rubber prices to fall sharply in recent weeks, industry officials said. One...

Bagged

Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has halted a recent practice by the island's top retail chains to charge for plastic bags, and ordered alternatives to provided if such bags are not considered eco-friendly,...

Market Access

Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government has formally applied to the European Union to extend the GSP Plus trade scheme under which the island's exports gain duty free access, an official said. S Ranugge, secretary to the...

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