Boat People
SYDNEY, October 29, 2009 (AFP) - Australia told a group of rescued Sri Lankan asylum-seekers they could not choose their destination and refused to rule out …
Legal
Bailed
Oct 29, 2009 (LBO) - Chairman of Sri Lanka's troubled Ceylinco group, Lalith Kotelawala was released on bail by the island's Supreme Court after nine months …
Fresh Threats
October 29, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president ordered police to probe death threats against journalists of a newspaper whose founding editor was murdered …
Refugee Crisis
TANJUNG PINANG, October 28, 2009 (AFP) - Seventy eight Sri Lankan asylum-seekers are refusing to disembark an Australian customs vessel anchored off …
Boat People
TANJUNG PINANG, October 27, 2009 (AFP) - An Indonesian provincial governor refused Tuesday to allow an Australian customs vessel to unload 78 Sri Lankan …
Mystery
VANCOUVER, October 24, 2009 (AFP) - Canada is to release one of 76 Tamils arrested last week in a ship off its Pacific coast, local media reported Saturday. …
Charity Front
WASHINGTON, October 22, 2009 (AFP) - About 30 victims of attacks by Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers filed a suit Thursday against the billionaire head of a US …
Court Action
Oct 20, 2009 (LBO) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said one of the accused in its case against senior executives of Singalanka Standard …
Ethnic Support
VANCOUVER, October 19, 2009 (AFP) - The Canadian Tamil Congress said Sunday its lawyers will represent dozens of illegal migrants arrested on a mystery ship …
Suspect Donations
Oct 19, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is continuing investigations into financial support given to a Tamil charity with alleged terrorist links by a US hedge fund …
Good Faith
Oct 19, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan-born hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was investigated for allegedly funding Tamil Tiger rebels, but there was no evidence …
Repayment Hitch
Oct 18, 2009 (LBO) - A repayment plan proposed for Ceylinco Shriram Capital Management Services, a unit of Sri Lanka's troubled Ceylinco group has been …
Wealthy Donor
WASHINGTON, October 18, 2009 (AFP) - A US-based hedge-fund billionaire charged as part of an insider-trading case was investigated by US authorities for …
Inside Deals
NEW YORK, October 16, 2009 (AFP) - US authorities Friday charged a billionaire hedge fund manager and five others with insider trading that netted 20 million …
Stand-off
MERAK, October 16, 2009 (AFP) - Two asylum-seekers were hospitalised Friday from a boatload of 255 Sri Lankans who have declared a hunger strike in Indonesia …
Securities Charge
Oct 16, 2009 (LBO) - Galleon group chief Raj Rajaratnam, a top equity markets investor in Sri Lanka, and five others have been charged in a 20 million US …
False Gold
Oct 14, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank has warned the public against persons claiming to have been authorized to sell gold belonging to the monetary …
Legal Advice
Oct 14, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had withdrawn charges of market manipulation case and issued a reprimand to a …
US Lesson
September 27, 2009 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government said on Sunday it would study the United States' treatment of suspected Islamic militants to learn how to …
Coming Back
Sept 24, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has allowed the island's former Treasury Secretary to return to public service from which he was ousted by …