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 an oil …
Legal
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 on …
Resigned
Dec 01, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission chief Indrani Sugathadasa has resigned, within weeks of the watchdog's director general …
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 may …
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 reportedly said it …
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 were …
Ad Hominem
Nov 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan lawmakers expressed deep concern over a hastily passed expropriation law, which they said arrogated judicial and executive …
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 almost $93 …
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 with the …
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 rights …
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 being rushed …
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 widespread …
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 firms …
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 'underutilized' …
Profile
NEW YORK, October 27, 2011 (AFP) - Rajat Gupta, who stands accused of insider trading, was a pillar of New York society, courted by charities, corporations and …
Insider Case
NEW YORK, October 27, 2011 (AFP) - Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta turned himself in Wednesday to the FBI, and then pleaded not guilty in court to …
Refugee Death
SYDNEY, October 26, 2011 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan man died in Australian immigration detention, officials said Tuesday, with refugee advocates claiming he killed …
Still There
Oct 23, 2011 (LBO) - The head of Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission said she had not received instructions to sack its director general, following …