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 …
Legal
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 …
Higher Numbers
Jan 31, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's inflation rose by 3.0 percent in January driving 12-month inflation to 20.8 percent on a revised index of consumer …
Death Row
Jan 29, 2008 (LBO) -- Two more Sri Lankan have been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, media reports said, while Amnesty International said they were …
Privacy Regime
Jan 28, 2008 (LBO) – Developing countries should first enlighten state officials and citizens on privacy to implement a privacy regime that helps develop …
Safe Place
Jan 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is a safe place to travel in, Sri Lanka's chief justice Sarath Silva told delegates of an international law conference in …
LawAsiaICT2008
Jan 22, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and other Asia-Pacific nations must work out common procedures to apply laws so that electronic crimes do not proliferate, the …
Criminal Risk
Jan 19, 2007 (LBO) – The legality of Sri Lanka's casinos is uncertain and the lack of supervision could opened them to be controlled by criminals, the …
Counter Terror
Jan 19, 2007 (LBO) – The United States has said Sri Lanka could get more support in its war against Tamil Tiger terrorism if the island improves its …
Way Open
SYDNEY, Jan 15, 2008 (AFP) - Nauru authorities have dropped sexual assault charges against six Sri Lankan asylum seekers, paving the way for their claims to be …