Work Trial
Mar 28, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lankan employers are seeking the extension of a trial run allowing a five-day work week as part of moves to reform archaic …
Legal
Legal Forum
Jan 19, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will be hosting a conference February initiated by the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) which will also …
Wiki Protest
Jan 18, 2012 (LBO) – Wikipedia will be blacked out from 5.00 UTC (10.30 am Sri Lanka time) protesting two proposed laws in the US which it says will …
Tourist Killing
Jan 05, 2012 (LBO) – The brother of a murdered British tourist, has called for justice and a speedy conclusion to an investigation in which a politician …
Hedging Cost
Dec 29, 2011 (LBO) – A Singapore arbitrator has ordered Citibank to pay Sri Lanka’s state petroleum refiner 2.5 million US dollars as legal fees in …
Lessons
Dec 19, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has to re-build an independent public service and restore rule of law to give freedom to citizens, a commission of inquiry …
Resigned
Dec 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Securities and Exchange Commission chief Indrani Sugathadasa has resigned, within weeks of the watchdog’s …
Legal Basis
Nov 20, 2011 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan activist who had petitioned courts to review an expropriation law says recent interpretations given by state spokesmen …
Freedom Debate
Nov 14, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court came under fire in parliament on a debate on an expropriation bill, after the highest court …
Biometric Barrier
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) – Two Sri Lankan visa applicants for travel to the United Kingdom were arrested this week when their attempt to use fake identities …
Ad Hominem
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan lawmakers expressed deep concern over a hastily passed expropriation law, which they said arrogated judicial and …
SEC Case
NEW YORK, November 8, 2011 (AFP) – Disgraced hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, already sentenced to prison for 11 years, was ordered Tuesday to pay …
Post Law
Nov 09, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka passed a law to expropriate assets of dozens of enterprises despite protests from trade chambers, religious and opposition …
Getting Close
Nov 08, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has said a draft law to expropriate assets of some three dozen private enterprises is consistent …
Mounting Opposition
Nov 07, 2011 (LBO) – Senior Sri Lankan Buddhist monks asked the state to withdraw a planned law to expropriate businesses, saying it violated citizens …
Don’t
Nov 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s lawyers have called for the withdrawal of a secretly hatched draft law to expropriate assets of citizens which is …
Kicked Up
Nov 02, 2011 (LBO) – Malik Cader, the director general of Sri Lanka’s securities and exchange commission, who came under fire for cracking down on …
Bill Rumpus
Oct 30, 2011 (LBO) – At least two listed companies in Sri Lanka have been named among several dozen, in a secretly hatched law to expropriate assets of …
Land Concerns
Oct 28, 2011 (LBO) – A citizens group has raised concerns about a new process of resolving and proving ownership of land in former war zones, outside …
Baited Breath
Oct 27, 2011 (LBO) – A court decision is expected shortly on a proposed law in Sri Lanka to expropriate assets of citizens which are deemed as …