Bailed Out
COLOMBO, January 11, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's court of appeal on Monday freed on bail a Tamil editor whose 20-year prison sentence last year for supporting …
Legal
Pressure Point
January 8, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was under new pressure Friday to submit to a war crimes investigation after the United Nations authenticated a video …
Free
January 9, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday released more than 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters from military custody following a rehabilitation program, an …
Guilty Plea
NEW YORK, January 7, 2010 (AFP) - A former senior partner in the McKinsey & Co consulting firm pleaded guilty Thursday in New York to taking money for …
Graft Wave
December 26, 2009 (AFP) - Nearly half a billion dollars in tsunami aid for Sri Lanka is unaccounted for and over 600 million dollars has been spent on projects …
Arms Allegation
SINGAPORE, December 25, 2009 (AFP) - A Singapore opposition party member has been extradited to the United States where he stands accused of trying to supply …
Money Wave
RATHGAMA, December 23, 2009 (AFP) - Billions of dollars were pledged after the 2004 Asian tsunami to help people like Pradeepa Niroshani who waited in vain for …
Refugee Drama
JAKARTA, December 20, 2009 (AFP) - Fifteen of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who spent weeks refusing to get off the boat that rescued them near Indonesia have …
Iran Bound
SEOUL, December 21, 2009 (AFP) - A planeload of weapons from North Korea seized in Bangkok this month was bound for Iran, a newspaper report said Monday, …
Asset Sales
Dec 20, 2009 (LBO) - Court appointed officials liquidating assets of Golden Key Credit Card Company, a failed finance firm in Sri Lanka's Ceylinco group, are …
Indicted
NEW YORK, December 15, 2009 (AFP) - The founder of Galleon hedge fund, Raj Rajaratnam, was indicted Tuesday in a multi-million-dollar Wall Street …
UN Call
December 11, 2009 (AFP) - A top United Nations envoy asked Sri Lanka on Friday to release detained Tamil Tiger child soldiers and urged the authorities to …
Fake
BANGKOK, December 11, 2009 (AFP) - Thai authorities have arrested five people for producing and smuggling more than 300 fake EU passports and other official …
Progress Call
December 9, 2009 (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it was willing to extend more aid to Sri Lanka provided there was progress in political …
Speak Out
Dec 03, 2009 (LBO) - UN officials and human rights groups have praised the decision by the Maldives to decriminalise defamation. Freedom of expression is the …
Terror Funds
Dec 02, 2009 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government has identified some 600 bank accounts with links to the Tamil Tiger separatists and is trying to seize assets …
Legal Action
PARIS, November 23, 2009 (AFP) - A French court on Monday jailed 21 Tamil Tiger militants convicted of extorting millions of euros from the Tamil diaspora in …
Fight
SYDNEY, November 23, 2009 (AFP) - Australia moved to tighten security at its main immigration centre on Monday after a riot by 150 asylum-seekers, reportedly …
UN Call
November 19, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations on Thursday stepped up pressure on Sri Lanka to free thousands of war-displaced civilians held in state-run …
Index
Nov 20, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has slipped five places to 97 in the annual corruption perceptions index in an annual perception survey conducted among 180 …