Xinhua, March 25, 2014 Sri Lanka earned 1.42 billion U.S. dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) but remained shy of the 2 billion U.S. dollar target in 2013, latest Central Bank statistics showed on Tuesday. FDI in ...
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Sri Lanka’s exports grow while deficit continues to contract
English.news.cn 2014-03-25 18:50:52 COLOMBO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's exports grew by 23.2 percent in January to 898 million U.S. dollars helped by a rebound in industrial products, latest dat ...
Sri Lanka to release all Indian fishermen
-Meera Srinivasan 28 March 2014 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in the island nation’s custody. The announcement, termed a “goodwill gesture” by the Preside ...
Conciliation will continue: Rajapaksa
COLOMBO, March 28, 2014 Mahinda Rajapaksa.— PHOTO: AP Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa rejected Thursday’s U.N. Human Rights Council resolution ordering a war crimes probe, telling AFP that he would instea ...
Resolution adopted, but ‘victory’ hollow
Shenali D. Waduge 29 March 2014 Sri Lanka can claim a moral victory on the basis that 2014 UNHRC Resolution was adopted against the country with 23 votes while a majority comprising 24 nations did not sup ...
Sri Lanka restates commitment to reconciliation
29 March 2014 Rejects pressures of Pillay and the forces of resurgent colonialism It is a saddening situation in the world, when countries that claim to have a commitment to protect human rights and ensure accountabil ...
‘Certificate of absence’ for missing persons’ relatives
- Rasika Somarathna The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons has proposed to the government to issue a 'certificate of absence' to relatives of individuals reported as missin ...
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