10/02/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Oct 02, 2011 (LBO) - Five police officers have been arrested in Sri Lanka after thousands of angry citizens surrounded a police station seeking justice, where a suspect had died in custody, a media report said.
09/30/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Sept 30, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's electronic tourist travel approval system will be effective from January 01, 2012 with a trial run starting from Saturday, October 01, officials said.
09/01/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Sep 01, 2011 (LBO) - A group of hackers said to be from Sri Lanka are claiming to have 'DNS poisoned' a series of internet servers related to domestic and foreign entities, where viewers are misdirected, using a recently exposed flaw, reports said.
07/10/2011
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Lanka Business Online
July 10, 2011 (LBO) - Sedentary lifestyles and absence of regular health checks are making Sri Lanka's workforce unhealthy with an alarming increase in early deaths that could have implications for economic growth, a media report said.
06/03/2011
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Lanka Business Online
June 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka spent 5.5 billion US dollars in its military campaign which crushed Tamil Tiger separatists, far less than what foreign powers spent on their current wars, central bank governor Nivard Cabraal said.
06/03/2011
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Lanka Business Online
June 03, 2011 (LBO) - The International Bar Association’s human rights arm said it was concerned over what it called "the increasing erosion of judicial independence in Sri Lanka."
05/31/2011
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Lanka Business Online
May 31, 2011 (LBO) - A government fertiliser subsidy given to farmers was a key factor in generating public support for Sri Lanka's military campaign that defeated Tamil Tiger separatists, a defence official said.
05/25/2011
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Lanka Business Online
May 25, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's broadband use is lagging the region due to low penetration of personal computers and expensive mobile handsets, though the sector has now started to grow especially in the wireline segment, a sector study said.
04/29/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Apr 29, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Expo Aviation plans to revive a domestic air service between the capital Colombo and northern Jaffna that was once a profitable business when the land route was cut by Tamil Tiger separatists.
03/10/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Mar 10, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hotel Developers, a listed firm which owns the building on which Colombo Hilton is operated said a land sub-leased from a private party had been taken over by the state.