Colombo Informer

BloombergFuel Policies Bedevil Asia as Price Increases Hurt Poor: EconomyBloombergFor K. Indrani, who cleans homes in Colombo to support her invalid husband and 16-year-old daughter, living on the 600 rupees ($4.70) she earns a day just got harder beca…

Read the full story

Port Technology International'Colombo Port geared to handle 13 million TEUs by 2017'Ceylon Daily NewsFour hundred meters quay length of the East Container Terminal (ECT) of Colombo Port Expansion Project(CPEP) will be ready by the third quarter…

Read the full story

Colombo Page* Sri Lanka main opposition under fire for appearance of LTTE flag at its May …Colombo PageMay 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has come under severe criticism from the government supporters and med…

Read the full story

* Supreme Court of Sri Lanka postpones former Army Commander's bail applicationColombo PageMay 02, Colombo: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka today postponed the hearing of a bail application filed by the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka to the 09th o…

Read the full story

Colombo Page* Sri Lanka begins National Wesak Week from todayColombo PageMay 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has declared a Wesak Week starting from today to mark the most significant event for Buddhists all over the world. The Natio…

Read the full story

Colombo Page* High ranking US official in Sri Lanka to assist deminingColombo PageMay 02, Colombo: A high ranking US official, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of State for Plans, Programs and Operations Walter D. Givhan visited Sri Lanka from April 26…

Read the full story

Free Fonseka, Sri Lankan opposition saysTwoCircles.netBy IANS, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition party has called for the immediate release of the jailed Sarath Fonseka, who led the army when it crushed the Tamil Tigers in 2009. Fonseka, who cha…

Read the full story

ASSOCHAM all-women delegation to visit ColomboThe HinduThe delegation will meet the National Chambers of Commerce of Sri Lanka in Colombo on May 4, where they would interact with the members of the National Chambers of Commerce & Women's Chambe…

Read the full story

Wall Street Journal* Sri Lanka Marxist party survives attempts to split the party, says General …Colombo PageMay 02, Colombo: Attempts to split Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) by certain elements have failed and the part…

Read the full story

Boyertown Berk Montgomery NewspapersHoney Brook's Colombo to play with Baltimore Symphony OrchestraBoyertown Berk Montgomery NewspapersBy Justin Finneran Paul Colombo practices music from the theme to Dr. Zhivago for his upcoming performance with T…

Read the full story

Ceylon Daily NewsSri Lanka against disguising global influenceNew York Daily NewsColombo, May 2 — International "conspiracies" under the guise of human rights will not be allowed to break Sri Lankans' unity, President Mahinda Rajapaksa …

Read the full story

Above the LawFormer D.C. Biglaw Staffer Sues, Alleging Nasty Combination of Drinking and …Above the LawFrom a new story in Washingtonian magazine: Kristine Colombo, who worked as a business development coordinator at the firm from 2007 until Septembe…

Read the full story

Lou Colombo Named Honorary Chair of Pops by the SeaPatch.comIn an honor of his career, Lou Colombo will be the honorary chair of Pops by the Sea. The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and the Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce that lege…

Read the full story

International News NetworkRCCI and Lanka's CCC signs MoU on bilateral tradeInternational News NetworkCOLOMBO: Following launch of the Grand Made in Pakistan – Single country exhibition in Colombo; Pakistan's Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and I…

Read the full story

Independent OnlineSri Lankan opposition calls for better treatment of TamilsIndependent OnlineColombo – Sri Lanka's main opposition and a key minority party used May Day to demand that the country find a way to ease ethnic tensions, three years aft…

Read the full story