Detained
COLOMBO, October 30, 2013 (AFP) - Immigration authorities raided a meeting of journalists in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday and detained an Australian activist …
Legal
Workers Unite
MONTEVIDEO, October 26, 2013 (AFP) - Unions representing domestic workers met here Saturday to urge countries to ratify a year-old international convention …
No Bribery
Oct 08, 2013 (LBO) - Ceylon Tobacco Company, a unit of British American Tobacco has denied media reports which gave the impression that it had attempted to …
Decent Conditions
KATHMANDU, September 27, 2013 (AFP) - Rights groups urged South Asian governments Friday to demand proper protection for their migrant workers amid outrage …
Corporate Code
Sept 26, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's chartered accountants and the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a revised 'Code of Best Practice on Corporate …
Landmark Case
COLOMBO, Sept 16, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Monday brought criminal charges of corruption against former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake whose sacking earlier …
Rape Crisis
BANGKOK, September 10, 2013 (AFP) - Nearly a quarter of men surveyed in six Asia-Pacific countries admit to committing rape, often against their own partners, …
Arrested
COLOMBO, September 7, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police have arrested a navy officer suspected of involvement in smuggling people in fishing boats to Australia, …
Migration
SYDNEY, September 2, 2013 (AFP) - New policies targeting asylum-seekers taking boats to Australia had "broken the back" of the people-smuggling trade, …
Forestry Case
Aug 02, 2013 (LBO) - A provincial High Court in Sri Lanka is to hear a petition to wind up Touchwood Investments, a Colombo-based forestry firm, according to a …
Not Us
August 25, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army Sunday denied involvement in an armed robbery at the home of a journalist who has been critical of the government. buy …
Separate
August 23, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has bowed to international pressure and relinquished the defence ministry's authority over the police department, …
Threatened
COLOMBO, August 24, 2013 (AFP) - Five armed men held a Sri Lankan newspaper editor at knifepoint as they searched her home on Saturday before police burst in …
Missing Probe
August 14, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Wednesday ordered a new investigation into the disappearance of thousands of people in the island's northeast …
Probe Call
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2013 (AFP) - The United States on Friday urged Sri Lanka to investigate a deadly army crackdown on a village environmental protest and to …
Killing Probe
COLOMBO, Aug 6, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's opposition Tuesday demanded an international investigation into a deadly army crackdown on villagers who were …
Suspects
LONDON, July 30, 2013 (AFP) - Almost 100 foreign suspected war criminals were found to be living in Britain last year after applying for citizenship or asylum, …
No Probe
July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's finance ministry was not probing an allegation of pay-offs in a land deal with India's Krrish group because there was no …
Property Rights
HANOI, July 31, 2013 (AFP) - A Vietnamese fish farmer who became a folk hero after he used homemade weapons to resist forced eviction has lost his appeal …
Detentions
JAKARTA, July 27, 2013 (AFP) - Police detained four Indonesians allegedly involved in arranging an Australian-bound refugee boat which sank earlier this week, …