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Colombo - Australia and Sri Lanka on Monday entered into an co-operation agreement to stem the smuggling of Sri Lankans into Australia. The agreement was reached by the visiting Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and his Sri Lankan counterpart...
Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan was on Tuesday included in India's squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka after being sidelined for five months with a shoulder injury.
Left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan has returned from a lengthy injury layoff to spearhead India's attack in this month's test series against Sri Lanka.
India named the following squad on Tuesday for the first two tests of a three-match series against visiting Sri Lanka starting in Ahmedabad on Nov. 16.
Sri Lanka plans to pour development money into Tamil-dominated provinces that suffered economically during years of civil war. A Sri Lankan cabinet minister spoke at the World Economic Forum's India summit.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith visits Sri Lanka today seeking help on tackling people smuggling, as a poll showed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s popularity has dropped amid a debate on his refugee policies.
Colombo - The Sri Lankan government will step up its mine- clearing efforts in former rebel-held areas in the northern part of the country to resettle 159,000 displaced persons before the end of January, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Thur...
The IMF on Monday warned Sri Lanka against issuing government bonds to build up foreign currency reserves after it released the second instalment of a 2.6-billion-dollar bailout.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A group of 11 countries vulnerable to adverse effects of global warming urged world leaders Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at the next month's global conference on the issue.
A top French envoy on Saturday asked Sri Lanka to end its state of emergency and probe war crimes ahead of a key European Union ruling on trade concessions to the troubled island.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s government will maintain fiscal and monetary stimulus through to 2010 to stoke an economic recovery after the end of a 26-year civil war, the island’s deputy finance minister said.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund said the release of a second payment in its $2.6 billion loan to Sri Lanka indicates a strong performance and fiscal commitment from the South Asian island economy.
Sri Lanka's central bank on Saturday said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal.
NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- Sri Lanka will continue with its accommodative fiscal and monetary policy through 2010 to boost economic growth, the country's junior finance minister said Monday.
The International Monetary Fund said Friday its executive board approved the release of 329.4 million dollars to Sri Lanka, the second portion of a loan to help the country weather the economic crisis.
MUMBAI -(Dow Jones)- Sri Lanka's current government has shown a commitment to fiscal discipline, the International Monetary Fund's resident representative, Koshy Mathai, said Monday.
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