Holcim Lanka, the Sri Lankan unit of the Swiss cement multinational, said it has made an investment proposal to Lanka Cement to revive production at its defunct plant in the northern Jaffna peninsula or build a new one. Holcim Lanka chairman Manilal Fernando said

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hussein A Bhaila has said the LTTE is still “extorting” money from Tamils in Qatar and that the Sri Lankan mission in that country is strongly looking into it. -- Monday, April 14, 2008 7:58:47 AM.

RCom forms JV in Sri Lanka Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications (RCom) is getting into the Sri Lankan telecom market ... by RCom in Uganda where it plans to introduce services by this year December end. The investment ... fully integrated telecom operations in some emerging markets with a total investment of $3 billion