Stand Off
SYDNEY, July 25, 2014 (AFP) - A group of 157 asylum-seekers in custody on the high seas for weeks will be taken to Australia and held until consular officials …
SYDNEY, July 25, 2014 (AFP) - A group of 157 asylum-seekers in custody on the high seas for weeks will be taken to Australia and held until consular officials …
COLOMBO, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police were Tuesday investigating the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl allegedly by seven sailors in the island's …
COLOMBO, July 18, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a British …
GALLE, July 8, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan court Tuesday granted bail to 27 of 41 migrants who were returned to the country by Australia after a controversial …
SYDNEY, July 8, 2014 (AFP) - Australian government lawyers said Tuesday 153 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers were in custody on the high seas and agreed to give three …
KUALA LUMPUR, July 4, 2014 (AFP) - Malaysian police on Friday said they have arrested four more suspected Tamil Tiger separatists, including a man allegedly …
COLOMBO, June 28, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's police arrested key suspects involved in fuelling religious riots and looting, an official said Saturday as minority …
COLOMBO, June 22, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police announced Sunday they were tightening security in the capital after local media, in a rare show of unity, …
COLOMBO, June 21, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police were investigating a fire which Saturday destroyed a Muslim-owned clothing store in a district where religious …
June 18, 2014 (LBO) - HSBC Sri Lanka has warned that there is a text message scam seeking campaign and has asked customers or non-customers not to call back …
June 05, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's courts have ordered the liquidation of Touchwood, a controversial forestry investment company, but a appeal of the decision …
SYDNEY, June 2, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Tamil asylum-seeker has died after setting himself on fire while awaiting a visa decision in Australia, Immigration …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28, 2014 (AFP) - The United Nations refugee agency and Human Rights Watch on Wednesday decried Malaysia's deportation of two Sri Lankan …
WELLINGTON, May 27, 2014 (AFP) - People-smugglers are looking to target New Zealand now that Australia's tough border protection policies have effectively …
May 25, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc, a unit of British American Tobacco said it had gone to Supreme Court again over new labeling …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25, 2014 (AFP) - Three men suspected of being Tamil Tigers have been arrested in Malaysia, a top police official said Sunday, accusing them …
May 22 (AFP) A British tourist thrown out of Sri Lanka for sporting a Buddha tattoo is suing local authorities for $78,000 over her ordeal, which allegedly …
KATHMANDU, May 21, 2014 (AFP) - South Asia's corruption-fighting agencies lack the power and independence to properly investigate politicians and officials for …
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - A legislator has renewed a call to publish audited accounts of Sri Lanka's Employees Provident Fund and table them in the parliament amid …
May 12, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal has approved graphic pictorial warnings on tobacco packs after Ceylon Tobacco Company challenged new health …