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Sri Lanka

Credit crisis should not hurt poor, ministers urge

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...

War not the answer in Sri Lanka: Smith

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...

Second phase of Sri Lanka hydropower project started today

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...

He dug for hidden history

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...

Stocks freefall amid global market meltdown

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...

Balanced Devoluton By Prof. G. L. Peiris

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...

Sri Lanka CIMA Divisional President at Management Accountants confab in Pakistan

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...

Sixty six Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by India

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...

Is there a conspiracy to undermine Dr. Palitha Kohona?

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...

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

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...