Boat People
Sept 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has arrested a fishing vessel with 40 people suspected to be illegal migrants headed for Australia, an official said. Sri Lanka …
Legal
Detention Order
Aug 31, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday used draconian anti-terror laws to detain thousands of Tamil rebel suspects who would have had to be freed when a …
Detention End
August 31, 2011 (AFP) - About 1,200 alleged Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka will be released, with the end of emergency rule imposed 28 years ago to deal with …
Compounded
Aug 30, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's securities watchdog has fined Environmental Resources Inc and several officers, over a disclosure related offence, market …
Fugitive Tipster
NEW YORK (AFP) - US regulators have levied a $34.5 million fine against alleged Galleon case insider trading tipster Deep Shah, who is believed to be hiding in …
Another Step
Aug 25, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will end nearly three decades of emergency rule, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the island's parliament, which has to renew …
Foreign Killing
August 19, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's High Court Friday handed five Chinese nationals the death penalty for murdering a compatriot at a restaurant near the …
Arrest
August 20, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a top Buddhist monk on a charge of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in violation of strict …
Fraud Network
SYDNEY, August 15, 2011 (AFP) - Five men from Malaysia and Sri Lanka were charged Monday with being members of an international fraud syndicate responsible for …
Sentencing Plea
Aug 11, 2011 (LBO) - Lawyers for Raj Rajaratnam, a Sri Lanka born fund manager convicted of insider trading, said he should be dealt leniently because of his …
Death Sentence
NEW DELHI, August 11, 2011 (AFP) - India's president has rejected mercy pleas from three men convicted of the 1991 assassination of then prime minister Rajiv …
Lawlessness
Aug 11, 2011 (LBO) - Friday Forum, a Sri Lankan citizens group fighting to re-establish rule of law and liberal democracy, has raised fresh concerns about …
Rights Activist
July 29, 2011 (AFP) - The body of a prominent Sri Lankan human rights activist missing since February last year has been found, the United Nations said Friday. …
Tied Hands
July 25, 2011 (LBO) - The chairman of Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Ashantha de Mel had "no choice" but to use zero costs derivatives to …
Lawlessness
July 16, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's lawlessness and injustice was systematically engineered by the best legal minds in the country over a long period and the …
Port Closed
WELLINGTON, July 11, 2011 (AFP) - New Zealand has refused entry to a boat load of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, saying it would only open the door to "millions of …
Legal Status
July 6, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's recent state land sales to investors have procedural flaws that could result in the contracts being challenged in courts and …
Watch List
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2011 (AFP) - The United States on Monday removed the Philippines and Singapore from a human trafficking watchlist that had drawn concerns …
Not Twice
June 26, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's and Bahrain has signed an agreement to stop double taxation of interest and dividends from investment made in each country, …
Lawlessness
June 25, 2011 (LBO) - Use of torture by police in Sri Lanka is "endemic" and lawlessness has gradually superseded rule of law in the island partly due a flawed …