07/27/2010
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GoSL
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that scientific research can be considered as national wealth. When a country is developing the quantity of the researches must also rise in every aspect, he said.
07/27/2010
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Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Japan says Sri Lanka is heading towards a rapid development target following the elimination of terrorism.
07/27/2010
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GoSL
President Mahinda Rajapaksa says Sri Lankan scientists had not been engaged in scientific researches during the past period since their knowledge was not properly used in scientific activities.
07/23/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka, one of the world's biggest black tea exporters, produced nearly 30 percent more tea in the first half of the year and is on track for a record crop, an official said Friday.
07/22/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka plans to sell a billion dollar sovereign bond this year to offset expensive short-term foreign loans, the government said Thursday.
07/19/2010
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GoSL
Jaffna depot has been able to function as the most profitable venture out of the 103 depots countrywide, operating 100% of the deployed busses for Jaffna. The Transport Ministry had appointed 60 drivers and conductors to the Jaffna SLTB Depot to provide a better service.
07/16/2010
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Lanka Business Online
July 16, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's northern and eastern provinces slightly increased their share of national Gross Domestic Product last year compared with 2008 following the end of a war, the Central Bank said.
The western province remained as the highest contribution to GDP in 2009 but its share reduced further to 45.1 percent from 45.4 percent in 2008, it said in an analysis of provincial GDP.
07/16/2010
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Khaleej Times
July 16--DUBAI -- Sri Lanka is finding its feet a year after the rout of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the death of its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
06/25/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's economy expanded 7.1 percent during the first quarter of this year, the statistics office said Friday, as the island picks itself up after a long civil war.