Copy Cats
April 25, 2008 (LBO) – Vendors selling fake ink cartridges in Sri Lanka under the Toshiba trademark are being hunted and prosecuted, regional Toshiba …
Legal
Shady Deals
April 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's stock markets regulator is investigating a number of cases of manipulation of the share market on the Colombo Stock …
Bad Justice
April 12, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan court has released a man who was held in custody for 55 years without charge, a report said on Saturday. Thantriye Emis …
Inside Deals
April 11, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan supreme court judge has proposed amending regulations on stock market offences to cover markets regulators as well as …
Boardroom Behaviour
April 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top state legal advisor has told company directors not to be mere 'rubber stamps' but to act independently and in the …
Carrot& Stick
April 01, 2008 (LBO) – Tight new immigration regulations that came into effect on April 01, will ban rule breakers from visiting Britain for ten years, …
Censorship
Mar 23, 2008 (LBO) – Books written by academics based in Sri Lanka which were printed abroad had been seized by the island's customs authorities, in a …
Airport Alert
LONDON, March 15, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan national appeared in court in London Saturday charged with endangering aircraft after a major security alert at the …
Indian Collapse
March 3, 2008 (LBO) – India is deploying crack sleuths to track down the operators of a Goldquest-Questnet scheme in the Karnataka state after thousands …
Pottu Test
Mar 01, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan Supreme Court judge said society discriminates against its members despite pledging allegiance to a human rights …
Dispute Resolution
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state sector should have alternative ways to solve problems without striking and hurting the public who are paying their …
Bad Show
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka unit of Transparency International has strongly criticised President Mahinda Rajapakse for removing a senior official …
Submarine Mafia
Feb 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's coastal fisheries and coral reefs are being destroyed by a rapid rise in dynamite blasted 'fishing', with the lucrative …
Money Launder
Feb 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank says it has strengthened an anti-money laundering and warns the public against engaging in illegal …
Ward Rounds
Feb 16, 2008 (LBO) – A ban on representatives of Sri Lanka's healthcare firms visiting hospitals has been lifted following a presidential order after the …
Scheme Collapse
KABUL, Feb 10, 2008 (AFP) - Around 3,000 mostly young Afghan men marched through Kabul Sunday to demand the government lift a temporary ban on an international …
Mufti Plan
Feb 8, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is setting up public vigilance committees and deploying thousands of policemen in plain clothes to strengthen security …
Red Flag
Feb 05, 2008 (LBO) – Journalists unions and associations from across the Asia-Pacific region have asked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to protect …
Dirty Finance
Feb 02, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has tied up with Malaysia's central bank to combat cross-border money laundering and …
Electronic Crime
Feb 01, 2008 (LBO) – Canadian police are probing links with Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers in a bank payment card fraud involving suspects of Sri Lankan …