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Sri Lanka

                   

Credit crisis should not hurt poor, ministers urge

finanznachrichten.de
19 hrs ago 5 related
        

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Major economies should not use the global credit crunch as an excuse to renege on aid promises to poor countries whose problems may worsen due to the crisis that began in the West, world finance...

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War not the answer in Sri Lanka: Smith

abc.net.au
13 hrs ago 1 related
        

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...

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Second phase of Sri Lanka hydropower project started today

colombopage.com
13 hrs ago 1 related
        

Second phase of Sri Lanka hydropower project started today Monday, October 13, 2008, 2:35 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 13, Colombo: The second phase of the Upper Kothmale hydropower project is scheduled to be...

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He dug for hidden history

hindu.com
20 hrs ago
        

Little remembered today is the fact that, 150 years ago, on September 28, 1858, a young Englishman recruited in England joined to the Geological Survey of India in Madras as an Assistant Geologist. Little did the service — or...

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Stocks freefall amid global market meltdown

asiantribune.com
22 hrs ago
        

By Quintus Perera – Asian Tribune Acuity Research – Sri Lanka Equities – a joint venture by HNB Stockbrokers and DFCC Stockbrokers in their weekly review on the stock market indicated that the stocks at the Colombo bourse...

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Balanced Devoluton By Prof. G. L. Peiris

asiantribune.com
22 hrs ago
        

By L. Jayasooriya The Sunday Island of October 12, 2008 states that Dr. G. L Peiris in an address to the Maha Sangha on the devolution of power and the 13th amendment organized by the government of Switzerland in collaboration...

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Sri Lanka CIMA Divisional President at Management Accountants confab in Pakistan

asiantribune.com
20 hrs ago
        

By Quintus Perera – Asian Tribune A dispatch by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Sri Lanka Division indicated that Ms Gowri Shankar, Divisional President CIMA Sri Lanka presented a paper on “Enterprise...

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Sixty six Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by India

colombopage.com
13 hrs ago 1 related
        

Sixty six Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by India Monday, October 13, 2008, 2:40 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 13, Colombo: Indian Coast Guard has taken 66 Sri Lankan fishermen into custody on charges of poaching...

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asiantribune.com: Dr. Palitha Kohona: Who is trying to walk into Kohona's extra large shoes? asiantribune.com

Is there a conspiracy to undermine Dr. Palitha Kohona?

asiantribune.com
19 hrs ago
        

Dr. Palitha KohonaA shadowy group of career diplomats in the Foreign Ministry, most of them sycophants of political higher ups, are trying to undermine Foreign Secretary Dr Palitha Kohona in an unsuccessful attempt to discredit...

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Father and mother – both should forgive Sri Lanka Maid Rizana Nafeek – Ambassador Mohammed Marleen

asiantribune.com
18 hrs ago
        

In a sudden dramatic development in the Sri Lankan House maid Rizana Nafeek’s case in Saudi Arabia, Naif Jiziyan Khalaf Al-Otaibi, the father of the deceased four month old child had expressed his willingness to pardon the Sri...

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