Lessons
COLOMBO, February 19, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan delegation headed to South Africa Wednesday to study the work of a post-apartheid truth commission as pressure …
Legal
Deadly Detention
SYDNEY, February 17, 2014 (AFP) - One person was killed and 77 injured during a second night of rioting at an Australian immigration detention centre on Papua …
Commuted
NEW DELHI, February 18, 2014 (AFP) - India's Supreme Court commuted the death sentences Tuesday for three killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, citing …
Probe Call
COLOMBO, February 16, 2014 (AFP) - The United Nations' human rights chief has recommended an international investigation into war crimes committed in Sri Lanka …
Boat People
COLOMBO, February 12, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's police arrested 75 would-be asylum seekers on Wednesday, including nine women and six children, who were trying …
Obituary Notice
Gunasekera, Melicia (Mel) - Dearly beloved daughter of Marcus and Manel Gunasekera and loving sister of Dayan died under tragic circumstances. online pharmacy …
Crime
Feb 02, 2014 (LBO) - Mel Gunasekera, a senior Sri Lankan financial journalist and founder editor of Lanka Business Online, was found murdered at her house …
Tragedy
COLOMBO, February 2, 2014 (AFP) - Former Agence France-Presse journalist Mel Gunasekera was stabbed to death on Sunday after a break-in at her family's home in …
Arrest
Feb 02, 2014 (LBO) - A suspect had been arrested over the murder of Mel Gunasekera, a senior financial journalist in Sri Lanka who was current working at …
Incident
Jan 29, 2014 (LBO) - Harsha de Silva, an opposition legislator and economist said a person who had accused him of assault had withdrawn a complaint made to the …
Lawlessness
COLOMBO, January 28, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Buddhist hierarchy and other religious leaders accused police Tuesday of failing to prosecute those behind a …
Double Trouble
BOBIGNY, January 14, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan man wanted on an international arrest warrant for terrorism, was discovered in France by accident, after he …
US Call
COLOMBO, January 12, 2014 (AFP) - The United States called Sunday for Sri Lanka to investigate rights abuses by security forces after a top envoy completed a …
Scapgoat
WASHINGTON, January 9, 2014 (AFP) - An American jailed for nine months in the United Arab Emirates for making a spoof YouTube video mocking Dubai teenagers …
Grave Discovery
COLOMBO, December 22, 2013 (AFP) - An unmarked mass grave has been found in Sri Lanka's former war zone, the first discovery of an unmarked gravesite since …
Bad Employer
DOHA, December 18, 2013 (AFP) - Migrants who have worked for nearly a year without pay on a Qatar skyscraper are facing "severe foot shortages" and cannot …
License Debate
Nov 13, 2013 (LBO) - A debate over the legality of casinos in Sri Lanka is heating up with ministers of the administration and opposition legislators trading …
Fears
COLOMBO, November 4, 2013 (AFP) - A media rights group Monday expressed fears for the safety of journalists in Sri Lanka after Colombo grilled two Australian …
More Equal
LONDON, November 3, 2013 (AFP) - Britain is scrapping a plan to force visitors from six "high-risk" countries to pay a cash bond of £3,000 (US ,800, 3,500 …
Expelled
COLOMBO, November 1, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities on Friday wiped all the data from the computer of an Australian media rights activist as she and a …