Crime
Feb 02, 2014 (LBO) - Mel Gunasekera, a senior Sri Lankan financial journalist and founder editor of Lanka Business Online, was found murdered at her house …
Feb 02, 2014 (LBO) - Mel Gunasekera, a senior Sri Lankan financial journalist and founder editor of Lanka Business Online, was found murdered at her house …
COLOMBO, February 2, 2014 (AFP) - Former Agence France-Presse journalist Mel Gunasekera was stabbed to death on Sunday after a break-in at her family's home in …
Jan 29, 2014 (LBO) - Harsha de Silva, an opposition legislator and economist said a person who had accused him of assault had withdrawn a complaint made to the …
COLOMBO, January 28, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Buddhist hierarchy and other religious leaders accused police Tuesday of failing to prosecute those behind a …
BOBIGNY, January 14, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan man wanted on an international arrest warrant for terrorism, was discovered in France by accident, after he …
COLOMBO, January 12, 2014 (AFP) - The United States called Sunday for Sri Lanka to investigate rights abuses by security forces after a top envoy completed a …
WASHINGTON, January 9, 2014 (AFP) - An American jailed for nine months in the United Arab Emirates for making a spoof YouTube video mocking Dubai teenagers …
COLOMBO, December 22, 2013 (AFP) - An unmarked mass grave has been found in Sri Lanka's former war zone, the first discovery of an unmarked gravesite since …
DOHA, December 18, 2013 (AFP) - Migrants who have worked for nearly a year without pay on a Qatar skyscraper are facing "severe foot shortages" and cannot …
Nov 13, 2013 (LBO) - A debate over the legality of casinos in Sri Lanka is heating up with ministers of the administration and opposition legislators trading …
COLOMBO, November 4, 2013 (AFP) - A media rights group Monday expressed fears for the safety of journalists in Sri Lanka after Colombo grilled two Australian …
LONDON, November 3, 2013 (AFP) - Britain is scrapping a plan to force visitors from six "high-risk" countries to pay a cash bond of £3,000 (US ,800, 3,500 …
COLOMBO, November 1, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities on Friday wiped all the data from the computer of an Australian media rights activist as she and a …
COLOMBO, October 30, 2013 (AFP) - Immigration authorities raided a meeting of journalists in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday and detained an Australian activist …
MONTEVIDEO, October 26, 2013 (AFP) - Unions representing domestic workers met here Saturday to urge countries to ratify a year-old international convention …
Oct 08, 2013 (LBO) - Ceylon Tobacco Company, a unit of British American Tobacco has denied media reports which gave the impression that it had attempted to …
KATHMANDU, September 27, 2013 (AFP) - Rights groups urged South Asian governments Friday to demand proper protection for their migrant workers amid outrage …
Sept 26, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's chartered accountants and the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a revised 'Code of Best Practice on Corporate …
COLOMBO, Sept 16, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Monday brought criminal charges of corruption against former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake whose sacking earlier …
BANGKOK, September 10, 2013 (AFP) - Nearly a quarter of men surveyed in six Asia-Pacific countries admit to committing rape, often against their own partners, …