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Dec 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to have new laws and make better use of information technology to crackdown on human trafficking and illegal worker …
Dec 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to have new laws and make better use of information technology to crackdown on human trafficking and illegal worker …
Dec 12, 1007 (LBO) – A charity working to free a teenaged Sri Lanka maid on death row in Saudi Arabia has called for renewed public petitions for …
Dec 09, 2007 (LBO) – A Saudi Arabian court has begun to review a case where a Sri Lankan teenaged maid was accused of murdering an infant in her care, …
Dec 09, 2007 (LBO) – A Saudi Arabian court has begun reviewing the case of a Sri Lankan housemaid condemned to death for killing a four-month-old infant …
RIYADH, Dec 8, 2007 (AFP) - An appeal hearing was set to take place on Saturday in the case of a Sri Lankan housemaid condemned to death in Saudi Arabia, the …
Dec 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's corporate sector has launched an initiative to encourage employers to adopt a code of conduct to combat sexual …
Nov 29, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's large tea plantations have slammed state interference in wages that saw unions effectively egged onto breaking a legal …
Nov 22, 2007 (LBO) – The hearing of the case against the sale of Sri Lanka Telecom shares by its Japanese shareholder to Malaysia's UT group has been put …
Nov 22, 2007 (LBO) – The residence of a rebel Sri Lanka lawmaker had been bombed by unidentified persons Thursday, but the attackers had fled after a …
DUBAI, Nov 14, 2007 (AFP) - The governments of Gulf countries including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, as well as Lebanon, are failing to …
GENEVA, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - The UN's top torture expert, Manfred Nowak, said on Tuesday that torture -- including beatings, asphyxiation and burning -- was …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's bribery and corruption commission has vast powers to probe official misdeeds but cannot act except on a complaint and …
COLOMBO, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Friday ordered the closure of a Colombo radio station, charging that it had sparked panic with a false report of a …
October 13, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's supreme court has been asked to probe the allocation of over 50 billion rupees in next year's budget for unspecified …
Oct 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan companies should keep a close tab on the trade marks registry to ensure protection of their own marks, an intellectual …
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 2, 2007 (AFP) - An Islamist lawmaker in Kuwait called for the interior ministry on Tuesday to draw up a blacklist of employers who mistreat …
Oct 01, 2007 (LBO) – The United States visa lottery for would-be immigrants will be opened on Wednesday, October 3, and participation is without any …
KOMOTINI, Greece, Sept 29, 2007 (AFP) - Greek border guards arrested 69 illegal immigrants and seven suspected people smugglers who were trying to enter the …
Sept 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's new company law has made it easier to start new ventures but winding up procedures are still cumbersome, a new World …
Sept 26, 2007 (AFP) - High taxes and red tape are eroding confidence in Sri Lanka, one of the worst places to do business in South Asia, a study by the …