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 …
Legal
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 …
Watchdog Action
Sept 23, 2009 (LBO) - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) has filed charges against two senior executives of Singalanka Standard …
Public Debate
Sept 18, 2009 (LBO) - The 28th LBR-LBO chief executive forum debated the economic impact of public interest litigation, with a four member panel made up of …
Disputed Justice
Sept 18, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's private sector should have been more forceful in challenging a chief judge seen as brilliant but dominating whose judgments …
Jailed Journalist
OTTAWA, September 2, 2009 (AFP) - Canada is "deeply concerned" by Sri Lanka's sentencing of a journalist to 20 years of hard labor, Foreign Affairs Minister …
Emblematic Example
WASHINGTON, August 31, 2009 (AFP) - The United States criticized Sri Lanka Monday for sentencing to 20 years in prison a Tamil reporter whose case has been …
Probe Call
GENEVA, August 28, 2009 (AFP) - A United Nations expert on Friday urged the Sri Lankan government to set up an independent probe into the authencity of a video …
Larger Bench
Aug 27, 2009 (LBO) - A case where Sri Lanka's former Treasury Secretary is seeking permission to return to public service from which he was ousted by court, …
Legal Move
Aug 16, 2009 (LBO) - The directors of two failed property firm in Sri Lanka's troubled Ceylinco group has been given court nod to have a board meeting in …
Treasury Case
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's former Treasury chief P B Jayasundera is to file a confidential affidavit in an application to release him from an undertaking …
No Variation
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) - Several applications asking to vary orders made following a landmark judgment which reversed a transfer of state land to build a golf …
Phone Ban
July 28, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has banned students from taking mobile phones to school following the suicide of a teenager disciplined for using her …
Court Block
July 25, 2009 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan court has ordered a dozen websites to be blocked for allegedly containing pornographic material involving local women and …
Broader Probe
July 18, 2009 (AFP) - French charity Action Against Hunger (ACF) on Saturday demanded an international probe into the massacre of 17 of its Sri Lankan …
Forex Charge
July 11, 2009 (LBO) - A high profile opposition lawmaker has been charged under Sri Lanka's exchange control laws for assisting a foreign investor to deposit …
Change Agent
July 10, 2009 (LBO) - An international lawyer's group has welcome recent comments by Sri Lanka's newly appointed Chief Justice Ashoka de Silva, who said he …
Come Back
July 09, 2009 (LBO) – A former Sri Lankan Treasury secretary, P B Jayasundara, who was removed by the Supreme Court, might return to his old job if he is …
Land Deal
July 08, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court is to hear fresh arguments from petitioners seeking to revise a judgement last year that reversed a …
Media Muzzle
July 05, 2009 (LBO) - Fresh attempts by Sri Lanka's government to muzzle the press and block the freedom speech of the people through a draconian law will hurt …