Shifting Focus
WELLINGTON, May 27, 2014 (AFP) - People-smugglers are looking to target New Zealand now that Australia's tough border protection policies have effectively …
Legal
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Label Rules
May 25, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc, a unit of British American Tobacco said it had gone to Supreme Court again over new labeling …
Arrested
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25, 2014 (AFP) - Three men suspected of being Tamil Tigers have been arrested in Malaysia, a top police official said Sunday, accusing them …
Legal Battle
May 22 (AFP) A British tourist thrown out of Sri Lanka for sporting a Buddha tattoo is suing local authorities for $78,000 over her ordeal, which allegedly …
Corrupt Watchdogs
KATHMANDU, May 21, 2014 (AFP) - South Asia's corruption-fighting agencies lack the power and independence to properly investigate politicians and officials for …
Accounting Row
May 19, 2014 (LBO) - A legislator has renewed a call to publish audited accounts of Sri Lanka's Employees Provident Fund and table them in the parliament amid …
Graphic Warning
May 12, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal has approved graphic pictorial warnings on tobacco packs after Ceylon Tobacco Company challenged new health …
Jail Term
May 09, 2014 (LBO) - A revenue official was jailed for 102 years on 34 counts related to a value added tax refund fraud and fined 12 billion rupees (91 million …
Court Case
COLOMBO, May 5, 2014 (AFP) - Four of Sri Lanka's most senior hardline Buddhist monks appeared in court Monday accused of insulting the Koran, in the first such …
Boat People
COLOMBO, May 2, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy Friday arrested 54 would-be illegal immigrants in the first major detection of boat people heading to Australia …
Arrested
May 01, 2014 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan national has been arrested in India over alleged links to Pakistani intelligence, the Times of India newspaper said.buy …
Religious Police
COLOMBO, April 28, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka police Monday announced a new unit to investigate religious hate crimes after attacks by Buddhist monks on churches …
Rights Call
DUBAI, April 22, 2014 (AFP) - Amnesty International accused authorities in gas-rich Qatar on Wednesday of failing to protect domestic workers, citing cases of …
Arrested
COLOMBO, April 10, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police have arrested 60 people accused of trying to revive a separatist group behind a civil war that left tens of …
Gallow Fright
COLOMBO, March 11, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new executioner panicked after seeing the country's main gallows for the first time and has since gone AWOL leaving …
Grave Affair
COLOMBO, March 8, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities halted excavations after recovering 81 skeletal remains from an unmarked mass grave atop an old burial …
Mass Grave
COLOMBO, February 25, 2014 (AFP) - Forensic experts have found more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka's northern former war zone, taking the total …
Queries
Feb 21, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main opposition has charged that a multi-billion dollar sea reclamation deal has been given to a Chinese company blacklisted …
Waiting Game
Feb 21, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company, a unit of British American Tobacco said it will sell packs without graphic labels until a court …
Released
NEW DELHI, February 19, 2014 (AFP) - The chief minister of an Indian state Wednesday ordered the release of all seven people jailed for plotting the …