Sri Lanka to request IMF waiver on deficit - Reuters India
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will seek a waiver from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after failing to meet the 2009 budget deficit target agreed under a $2.6 billion loan deal, the central bank said on Monday. The IMF said late last month that ...
'No democracy' in Sri Lanka - The Daily Star
Activists of Democratic National Alliance holds placards in Colombo yesterday calling the military detention of the former Army chief and the defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka illegal. Fonseka is to face two court martial ...
Sri Lanka ex-judge criticises Fonseka court martial - BBC South-Asia
Sri Lanka's ex-chief justice has criticised plans to put the former presidential candidate, General Sarath Fonseka, on military trial. Sarath Silva, who retired in June and has since come out as a supporter of Gen Fonseka, said his imminent court ...
Sri Lanka to constitute panel to study cause of ethnic ... - Daily News and Analysis
COLOMBO: As he tries to win the hearts and minds of Tamils in a post-LTTE era, Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa plans to constitute a committee to study the root cause of the ethnic question and ways to prevent a repeat of such a conflict that ...
Sri Lanka: Checkpoints in Paradise - New York Times
E VERYBODY out , the military officer ordered us, as we pulled off the bumpy road linking the Tamil-dominated eastern province to Sri Lanka ’s hill country. My driver motioned to the back seat, where a police officer we picked up a few miles back ...
Sri Lanka slams U.S. rights report - Reuters India
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka dismissed a U.S. State Department report on Monday accusing it of violating citizens' rights, saying the allegations were unsubstantiated and based on reports by unnamed sources. The State Department's annual human ...
Chinese investments in Sri Lanka bring poverty and ... - AsiaNews.IT
China is competing against India, Sri Lanka’s traditional partner, for its support. Meanwhile, foreign investments are making matters worse for the country’s poor, reduced to the status of cheap labour. Both democracy and the trade unions ...
Sri Lanka Central Bank to pay higher interest to senior ... - Colombo Page
Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Central Bank will start paying 20 percent bonus interest to senior citizens on rupee deposits maintained in licensed banks for the month of January from Thursday (18), the Central Bank announced today. The government has ...
Sri Lanka, Israel strengthens cooperation through ... - FreshPlaza
Israel will bring a high- powered business delegation to Sri Lanka in July to participate in the Economic Summit organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said Ambassador of Israel Mark Sofer. Ambassador Sofer said that the delegation will have one ...
Sri Lanka slams US State Department rights report - New Kerala
Colombo, Mar. 15 : A U.S. State Department annual human rights survey that accuses Sri Lanka of violating citizens' rights, has been rejected by Colombo as unsubstantiated and based on reports by unnamed sources. The State Department's survey says ...
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Honest guest’s guide to free hotel amenities
When you’re staying at a hotel, is it OK to pocket the bottles of shampoo and lotion? How about the magazines? Bathrobes? Furniture? It all depends on who you ask.
Newly powerful China defies Western nations
 China's government embraces an increasingly anti-Western tone and adopts policies across a wide spectrum that reflect a heightened fear of foreign influence.
Bin Laden's son calls on Iran to free his siblings
One of Osama bin Laden's sons has called on Iran's supreme leader to release members of his family believed to be under house arrest there since they fled Afghanistan in 2001, according to a letter posted Monday on the Internet.
German diocese suspends convicted sex abuser
A German archdiocese that Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1986 said Monday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a condition that he have no contact with minors.
Fiji braces as major tropical cyclone bears down
Cyclone Tomas battered island groups off Fiji's northern coast Monday, causing flooding, pounding seas and one death, but officials said the storm likely would only sideswipe the main islands of the South Pacific nation.
Chile blackout leaves millions in dark
 A major blackout left most of Chile without power for hours, two weeks after a massive earthquake that killed hundreds and weakened infrastructure.
Prince Charles and Camilla visit Poland
 Britain's Prince Charles arrived in Poland on Monday with his wife, Camilla, to start a nine-day tour that will take them through central Europe.
Irish Catholic leader won’t quit after cover-up
Ireland's senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Sean Brady, says he would not resign despite admitting he never told police about a child-molesting priest.
British couple appealing Dubai kiss conviction
A British couple is appealing a jail sentence after being accused of sharing a passionate kiss in a Dubai restaurant.
Vietnam releases leading dissident from prison
Vietnam releases one of its democracy activists from prison after the dissident Catholic priest spent three years and suffered two strokes in solitary confinement, his family says.
Mexico drug hitmen target U.S. consulate staff
 U.S. and Mexican officials have launched an investigation into the killing of an American couple and a Mexican man with ties to the U.S. consulate by suspect drug gang hitmen over the weekend.
Frenchwoman accused of killing 6 of her infants
A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, at the opening of a chilling trial in northwest France.
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