SAARC, the largest regional organisation in terms of population, was formed on December
08, 1985 by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan.
Projects investments is in the rise in all most all SAARC countries in the recent
years. Further, the number of projects being set up by SAARC countries in joint
ventures are also on the rise. This section will present news on the latest developments
in projects investment arena of the SAARC countries.
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Colombo to get new city bus service |
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Lanka in talks with Qatar for toll expressway & resorts |
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China Merchant Holdings acqiures more stake in Sri Lanka's Colombo port |
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UNICEF constructs 35 schools in flood-hit Punjab |
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Japan grants funds Sri Lanka for reconstruction in former rebel stronghold |
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Renuka Foods acquires Richlife Dairies |
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Sri Lanka Melstacorp may divest stake in Aitken Spence |
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Srilankan Airlines launches a restaurant in Colombo |
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Srilankan Airlines launches a restaurant in Colombo |
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Sri Lanka's Sierra pipe maker to commence production by April |
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Rail project launches in Sri Lanka |
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Nepal to fast-track two Karnali and Arun power projects |
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AeroThrust Gulf Aviation Services plans aircraft engine MRO facility for Bahrain |
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Sri Lanka Richard Pieris mulls hotel venture |
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Sri Lanka Blue Diamonds to set up Singapore unit |
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Sri Lanka Blue Diamonds to set up Singapore unit |
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Sri Lanka Richard Pieris mulls hotel venture |
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AeroThrust Gulf Aviation Services plans aircraft engine MRO facility for Bahrain |
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Rail project launches in Sri Lanka |
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Srilankan Airlines launches a restaurant in Colombo |
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Sri Lanka plans to built first monorail track in southern port city |
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Sri Lanka plans to built first monorail track in southern port city |
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Foundation stone to be laid for Lotus Tower in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka plans roads to ease congestion in capital |
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Sri Lanka's coal power plant to commence operations |
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Electric fence to be constructed along Sri Lanka's Southern Expressway |
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Factories to be set up in former war zone of Sri Lanka |
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Thatta Cement to set up cement processing plant at Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka's Sierra pipe maker to commence production by April |
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Sri Lanka LOLC acquires Dickwella Resort |
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Sri Lanka negotiates from international bank for petroleum |
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Sri Lanka in pact with China |
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Sun City resort to invest in Sri Lanka tourism project |
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Japan grants funds for rural development in Sri Lanka |
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Korea provides funds for waste management in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka invites bids for airport fuel terminal |
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World Bank to give funds to Pakistan in next 3 years |
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Sri Lanka to upgrade railway service |
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Sri Lanka purchases landslide threats detection machines |
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First floating restaurant opens in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka plans to setting up fuel stations |
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Sri Lanka establishes special court for Buddhist monks |
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Sri Lanka plans to set up fuel stations |
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Lanka approves major tourism project proposals |
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Upper Kothmale hydropower project to commission soon |
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Germany assists for projects in conflict- affected provinces of Sri Lanka |
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Singapore retailer plans mall in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka identifies land for power projects |
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Sri Lanka plans to upgrade expressway access roads |
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Sri Lanka unveils construction of Colombo South harbor terminals |
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Japan provides funds for demining in Northern Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka launches Lotus Pond Art Theater gifted by China |
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Water filling to Upper Kotmale reservoir begins |
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Bahrain mulls homes allotment |
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Financial assistance from UK to reconstruct bridges in Sri Lanka |
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Singapore retailer to build mall complex in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka to set up three new fishery harbors |
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Sri Lankan Government to relocate wholesale vegetable market out from city center |
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Lanka Phosphate to kick start production of fertilizer |
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New laser camera system set up on expressway in Sri Lanka |
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Colombo Dutch hospital converts into modern trade complex |
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Pakistani company to set up cement processing plant in Sri Lanka |
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Sheraton to get land in Sri Lanka to build hotel complex |
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Sri Lanka to conduct food outlets standardization programme |
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Sri Lanka to install ETC system on expressway with Japans aid |
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Norochcholai coal power plant shuts temporarily |
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Indian Cabinet plans to construct houses for displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka |
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President unveils Lanka's maiden expressway |
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Katunayake International Airport to get upgraded taxi service |
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Sri Lanka Pharmaceutical Corporation to plans to increase production capacity |
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Sri Lanka plans ship for ferry service between Colombo and Tuticorin |
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US to upgrade health care facilities in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka imports power set trains from China |
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Pakistan to increase trade with India |
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ASEAN eyes air services pact with India |
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CHEC plans hotel in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka to set up a seed bank |
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Galadari Hotel returns to losses |
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Sri Lankas Laugfs gas unit to invest in solid tyre venture |
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Japanese investors eyes Sri Lanka for business relocation |
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Sri Lanka to unveil Karadiyanaru Hospital |
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Sri Lanka keen on Indian investment |
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Sri Lanka to rehabilitate IDP locals |
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China funds electrification of Sri Lankas Eastern Province |
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Japan allocates funds to strengthen healthcare services in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lankan government revives chemical factory |
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Sri Lankas SAARC statue in Maldives vandalized |
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Sri Lanka leases out Embilipitiya paper factory |
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Construction of South Container Terminal in Sri Lanka to commence soon |
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Sri Lanka port in terminal construction deal |
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Sri Lanka completes expressway from Colombo to Galle |
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SBI eyes network expansion in Bangladesh |
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Proprietors can apply with a new plan for their companies acquired by Sri Lankan government |
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Sri Lankan government displays land to Chinese firm for hotel project |
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Manipal Education to set up campus in Sri Lanka |
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Pakistan holds discussion with Bangladesh on WTO |
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Sri Lanka assistance to build highway in Maldives |
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Japanese help to develop Sri Lanka's rural Ratnapura district |
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Nepal School Building built with Indian support unveils |
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Toll fees sets up for Sri Lanka's first expressway |
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Sri Lanka military likely to construct 5 star hotel |
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Sri Lanka, Sheraton to build a hotel in Colombo |
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Sri Lanka Army to set up a development and construction company |
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Outer circular highway around Sri Lankan capital to be opened in 2014 |
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Bangladesh & Russia inks N-Plant Deal for two reactors at Rooppur |
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Chinese assistance develops Sri Lanka's Institute of Technology |
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Norochcholai coal power plant in Sri Lanka not assigned to company |
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Dhaka, Moscow signs nuke power deal |
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Japan extends financial aid to Sri Lanka for demining in the North |
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Sri Lanka holds discussion with Sheraton, Raffles, DoubleTree |
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Construction of domestic airport in Sri Lanka to commence soon |
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Ministry of Health sets up sports and cultural units in hospitals in Srilanka |
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Hambanthota port of Sri Lanka to clear of rocks soon |
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India's Axis Bank plans to set up branch in Colombo |
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Modern bus stand launches in Negombo in Sri Lanka |
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Mediterranean Shipping Company increases Terminal Service Agreement with Sri Lanka Ports Authority |
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Central Provincial Council of Sri Lanka plans to set up domestic airport in Kundasale |
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India to mend schools in Sri Lanka's Northern Province |
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Bhutan to have Hindu temple |
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Sri Lanka invites bids for oil exploration in Mannar basin |
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New state administrative complex in Hambanthota launched |
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Massive project to be launched in 2012 to work out flood problem in Colombo |
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Ceylon Steel Corporation to commission bar mill soon |
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Malaysian company commences waste-to-energy project in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka plans to open national zoo in April 2012 |
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Sri Lanka government unveils Kankasanthurai cement factory in 2012 |
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Pakistani N-plant resumes operation |
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Pakistan Stone Development Co plans to set up marble granite projects |
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Sri Lanka plans to open national zoo in April 2012 |
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Sri Lanka plans to open administrative complex in Hambanthota tomorrow |
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Sri Lanka plans to set up electronics industry incubator |
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Ceylon Electricity Board to conduct a performance test of Lakvijaya coal power plant |
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Sri Lanka PC House acquires Internet research firm |
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Fiat plant at Sri Lanka's Kelanitissa power station to be shipped for renovations |
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India provides assistance to education facilities in Eastern Province of Sri Lanka |
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Ceylon Electricity Board to conduct a performance test of Lakvijaya coal power plant |
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Government of Sri Lanka seeks investors to resume operations at KKS cement factory |
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Hotels planned near Sri Lanka's second international airport |
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GMC ink MoU with Government of Sindh for coal power generation |
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Cleveland Bridge UK inked contract with Sri Lanka's Ministry of Economic Development |
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Sri Lankan government plans to build housing units for low income people in Colombo |
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Sri Lanka's Ministry of Economic Development in bridge deal with Cleveland Bridge |
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East Arafat Hospital to open in Makkah in 2012 |
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Dangote to commence Ibese Plant in Nigeria |
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Sri Lanka launched housing project for displaced families |
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Sri Lanka's Education Ministry to upgrade local universities |
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East Arafat Hospital to open in Makkah in 2012 |
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Makkah to
get hospital in 2012 |
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Sri Lanka sets up mumps vaccine in national immunization programme |
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Sri Lanka's first expressway opening further delayed |
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Sri Lanka Tokyo Cement in pact with Ceylon Electricity Board |
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Asia Capital plans to invest in hotels in Sri Lanka |
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Thermo Fisher secures approval for Phadia takeover |
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Nippon Steel acquires stake in Thai steel firm |
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Sierra
Cables to manufacture pipes |
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Hemas
Group expands healthcare business |
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Merchants Holdings International to construct container port in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka opens a shopping center in Colombo |
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Honeywell's UOP & Foster Wheeler Technology for Oman Refinery Expansion |
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Metallurgical Corporation bags order from Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka sets up service station for hybrid car maintenance centre |
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No plan to start merger talks with Hitachi- Mitsubishi Heavy |
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Work on hydropower project in Sri Lanka on halt |
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Sri Lanka to connect solar power plant to national grid soon |
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Construction work of Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex accelerated |
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Sri Lanka commences oil exploration in Mannar basin |
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Bayer sees Pfizer's animal health business |
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Bhutan plans educational hub with an eye on Indian students |
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Yamaha plans to establish motorcycle plant in Pakistan |
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Thar
coal project to be commenced soon |
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Sri Lanka port commences Harthal Bridge widening project |
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Four
Seasons plans resort in Sri Lanka |
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Nissan and Dongfeng to launch vehicle models |
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Honda
to build a car plant in Mexico |
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Amana
Bank opens its doors in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka
to establish fish factory |
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Nissan and
Dongfeng to invest |
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Chery plans
Argentine car plant |
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Aitken Spence hotel reopens as health resort |
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United Dendro Energy to erect 6MW dendro plant |
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Sri
Lanka to install pipe line for oil |
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Investors short listed for Sri Lanka's Hambanthota harbor project |
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Tenders invited for protection of Shahbazpur Gas Field |
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Sri Lanka's second airport runway terminated |
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Sri Lanka Royal Ceramics to build tile plant |
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Sri
Lanka to establish 60 new courts |
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Sri Lankan government to build housing units in Colombo and suburbs |
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Pakistan
to buy power from Iran |
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Tata
Motors to instigate Nano in Nepal |
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BASF India acquires business of Cognis Specialty Chemicals |
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JKH expands
property business |
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Tata
Motors to instigate Nano in Nepal |
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Thar-Coal project to produce economical electricity |
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Apollo Tyres
enters Sri Lanka |
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Bhutan begins work on hydel power projects |
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Road construction to complete by July 2011 in Sri Lanka |
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Panasian to acquire
Hydel |
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NPPF plans
residential ownership |
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KPK
to initiate for hydel generation |
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Royal Ceramics
plans tile plant |
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Ambuja
Cements acquires unit in Nepal |
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BEML bags supply order |
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Solar
system project to get ADB funds |
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ADB inks
Padma Bridge loan deal |
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Telecommunication
tower to open soon |
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Pigeon Island wildlife sanctuary opens to the public |
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Sri Lanka sets aside land for mega development projects |
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A facility for totally disabled Sri Lankan war veterans |
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Star class resort in Sri Lanka's Eastern coast |
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A British company to invest in Adamjee EPZ |
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Russia to invest in steel, banking sectors |
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NEC allocates
funds for development |
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Additional 1,350 MW from Tarbela 4th extension |
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Sri Lanka
plans sports complex |
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Sri Lanka
capital development plan |
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Dual track railway line extended to Ja-Ela |
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Cairn to begin drilling for oil in Mannar basin |
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Bangladesh
to develop economic zones |
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Ashok Leyland bags order from Bangladesh |
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Sony World at Sargodha |
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MCC
gets extension in Saindak project |
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Sri Lanka Hayleys wind power plant in September |
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WB to provide
funds to Bangladesh |
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MoU signed
for wind power project |
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Japan extends
loan for project |
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BSTI plans Chemical Metrology Laboratory |
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NHA awaits approval
of funds |
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Delayed hydrocarbon projects causing losses |
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Bangladesh signs deal to sell natural gas |
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ICRA
to begin operations in Sri Lanka |
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Atul Auto
ventures into Bangladesh |
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SMEDA
implements number of projects |
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Wullar Lake may affect Neelum-Jhelum project |
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WAPDA
starts work on Jabban project |
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ECNEC
approves development projects |
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ADB fund for swift rollout of rail, road projects |
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Nuclear power plant inaugurated at Chashma project |
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Jubilant Foodworks to launch Domino's in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka to formulate energy policy by August |
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Fishnet Factory
in Jaffna |
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Sri Lanka gets funds to build solid waste facilities |
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Upper Kothmale project on scehdule in Sri Lanka |
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Marico
plans facility in Bangladesh |
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Indian housing project in Lanka in doldrums |
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Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh sign five pacts |
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Pakistan's
Karakoram Highway expansion |
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Filling sea land for new city in Sri Lanka to begin soon |
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Sri Lanka's hydropower project nears completion |
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ADB loan to develop rural infrastructure |
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Domestic airline operators to get own terminal |
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Sri Lanka plans special hospital units for possible dengue outbreak |
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Reconstructed communication tower begins test transmissions |
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Sri Lanka to revoke misused permits of hydropower projects |
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Sri Lanka
to acquire new sea vessel |
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Fund crunch stops work on 1,300 projects |
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Australia to provide solar energy equipment to Pakistan |
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Nestle commissions malted drink plant in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka, Czech Republic inks co-operation pact |
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Sri Lanka
mulls wind power plant |
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Sri Lanka to promote tourism development |
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Sri Lanka
unveils fish complex |
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Sri Lanka mulls sports complex for peace |
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Lanka aviation sector eyes massive development |
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Sri Lanka to unveil a telecommunication tower |
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Pakistan mulls major power supply scheme |
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Lanka Water Supply Ministry gets new complex |
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Sri Lanka unveils
Sports City |
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Turbines for ONGC being brought via Bangladesh |
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Sri Lanka unveils first coal power plant |
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Sri Lanka to import pharmaceutical drugs |
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Sri
Lanka names first coal power plant |
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MCB to unveil more branches in Sri Lanka |
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SAARC
CCI, FPCCI ink pact with PBC |
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CCP issued conditional nod for Vimpelcom, Wind Telecom merger |
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ADB
to finance GB hydropower projects |
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Sri Lanka to unveil first coal power plant |
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Korea
approves projects for Pakistan |
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New rail link to connect Agartala with Bangladesh town |
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Sri Lanka demining operations enter into the final stage |
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Sri Lanka mulls fisheries harbor development |
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Japan to fund Sri Lanka livelihood projects |
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Cairn Group mulls school libraries in Sri Lanka |
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Best Western inks one more Bangladesh hotel |
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India delivered power sets for Lanka's Railway Line |
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India mulls hospital for Sri Lanka's plantation community |
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Sri Lanka shelves Negombo lagoon sea plane project |
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Sri Lanka to unveil new Peliyagoda fish market |
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PPAF sets up wind
turbines |
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Sri Lanka
to ink CEPA with India |
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Various countries mull universities in Lanka |
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Sri Lanka international airport to get huge fuel reserves |
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Lanka Power Ministry mulls electricity to the East |
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Sri Lanka mulls another hydropower plant |
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Sri Lanka railways to run on Indian Power Sets |
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Lotte
Group to invest in Pakistan plant |
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Russian
firm mulls houses in Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka plans to use tar for road construction |
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Sri Lanka's new airport to provide various jobs |
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Sri Lanka's Southern Expressway bridge eyes completion |
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Jaffna University to get engineering faculty |
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Hambanthota harbor area construction to begin next year |
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India Sri Lanka ferry service to restart soon |
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Lanka
engineers build hydro power plant |
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Sri Lanka, UK to strengthen bilateral trade ties |
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Sri Lanka mulls youth parliamentary complex in Anuradhapura |
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Sri Lanka completes its project development survey |
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Sri
Lanka unveils Hambanthota Stadium |
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Sri Lanka
gets funds for demining |
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Plans for power plant in Lanka in trouble |
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Sri Lanka
mulls one million houses |
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Sri Lanka Meteorology Department eyes funds for modernization |
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CONCOR
to enter Lanka, Bangladesh |
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High speed coastal railway track in Lanka |
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PIE mulls power plants in multiple cities |
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Renovated
Premadasa Stadium unveiled |
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Border outposts along Bangladesh, Pakistan border |
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Border
haats to be ready by March |
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IMF
provides financial aid to Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka allocates funds to rebuild reservoirs |
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India Sri Lanka ferry service to commence soon |
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India,
Bangladesh open new land port |
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Work on Sri Lanka's potable water reservoir to commence |
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Chinese co plans a hotel complex in Sri Lanka |
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Netherland aid for hospital projects in Sri Lanka |
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Zen Mobile set to venture into Bangladesh by April |
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API Park
for pharma sector on track |
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Bangladesh
eyes no deal with Qatar |
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Funds
approved for Pakistan Railways |
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Apollo enters
Bangladesh market |
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Bangladesh, India to set up border bazaars |
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NTPC
in parleys for power project land |
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Pak-Indonesia PTA
in 2011 |
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PC Board nod
to invite EOIs |
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Sri Lanka allocates funds for reservoirs |
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Various uplift projects finished in frontier region Peshawar |
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Sports medical units in Sri Lanka hospitals |
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Sri Lanka mulls hospital near Defense Academy |
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Sri Lanka upgraded Wilpattu National Wildlife Park Tourism |
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Pakistan offers SOEs to China for investment |
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Samsung plans to set up plant in Bangladesh |
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Swiss hospitality plans to open hotel in Sri Lanka |
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UAE firms
to invest in Pakistan |
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Pakistan, China to ink series of agreements |
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Indian company plans to invest in Adamjee EPZ |
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Japan invited to set up special economic zone |
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Ashuganj
transhipment deal signed |
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BRFL Bangladesh to invest in Adamjee EPZ |
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Guidelines for using gas development fund soon |
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Chevron
top begin drilling in block-7 |
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Chinese, Japanese cos vie for RMG sector in Bangladesh |
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Dhaka, Delhi sign MoU |
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Production at Thakurgaon rental plant dips |
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OGDCL to bid jointly for BP Pakistan assets |
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Pak, China to sign
pact |
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EoI
for five-star hotel in Hambantota |
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Japan aid
for Bangladesh bridge |
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ONGC, Bangladesh to ink pact for ship equipment |
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Tata Motors to set up facility in Bangladesh |
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ADB funds for bridge project in Bangladesh |
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Sri Lanka to drill first oil well in 2011 |
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Best Western International to open property in Bangladesh |
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BRFL Bangladesh to set up unit in Adamjee EPZ |
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Green ship recycling facilities on the anvil |
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India in pact
with Sri Lanka |
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Japan grants funds to assist people in Northern Sri Lanka |
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Navy builds houses for resettled families |
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Pakistan, Russia sign MoU for energy cooperation |
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Rental
power plant to be inaugurated |
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Sri Lanka plans industrial estate in Mannar |
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Sri Lanka
seeks funds from ADB |
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New port
inaugurated in Hambantota |
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RJ Corp vies for PepsiCo's Bhutan bottling plant |
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Pakistan assures safeguarding four-nation pipeline project |
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Sri Lanka to decide on converting thermal power plants into LNG
plants |
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Sri Lanka, China inks pact for economic and technical cooperation |
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Bangladesh to export medicines to Uzbekistan |
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Bestseller
opens new outlet in Mumbai |
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Fujairah
Storage mulls expansion |
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Japan grants
funds to Sri Lanka |
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Qatargas'
Train 6 goes on stream |
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Sri Lanka inks MOU with Indian Chamber of Commerce |
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Bangladesh
to ramp up storage capacity |
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Monster
energy drinks mulls expansion |
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Sri Lanka gets World Bank aid for three projects |
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Sri Lanka to import oil and gas from Oman |
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Summit Group emerges lowest bidder for power project |
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Shell inks pact for LPG business in Sri Lanka |
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Suchirindia Lankan Hotels inks LoI with Starwood |
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Colombo Dockyard PLC builds ship for India |