COLOMBO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s central bank held its official policy rates steady on Tuesday, at their highest levels since 2002 for a sixth month in a row after a monetary policy review, saying market rates had further stabilised.
Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for lanka

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka offered an amnesty to members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam hiding in the eastern region, which was taken over by the army last month after 14 years of fighting.
Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka A senior Sri Lankan official called Monday for an investigation into an international aid group, accusing it of negligent actions that led to the massacre of 17 of its workers in eastern Sri Lanka a year ago.
Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for lanka

A senior Sri Lankan official called Monday for an investigation into an international aid group, accusing it of negligent actions that led to the massacre of 17 of its workers in eastern Sri Lanka a year ago.
Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for lanka

Sri Lanka Army operated gunmen in Thenmaraadchi, Jaffna, have shot and killed seven civilians since ..
Read more

Aug 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa donated over Rs. 48 million worth fishing boats and engines to 18 fishermen at the Temple Trees today.
Read more

Aug 13, Colombo: A truck carrying a large stock of sulfuric acid towards Vavuniya was seized by the police at the Medawachchiya police road block late last night.
Read more

Aug 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) says that the doctors in the government service will initiate trade union action if the government will not take action to solve their transport problems.
Read more

Aug 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Cultural Affairs has planned to set up an International Cultural Centre in recently captured Thoppigala area in the Tamil dominated Batticaloa district.
Read more

Aug 13, Colombo: A trade union of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) commenced to display banners urging the government to investigate the allegations of the parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) against CEB officials.
Read more