Compounded
Aug 30, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s securities watchdog has fined Environmental Resources Inc and several officers, over a disclosure related offence, …
Legal
Fugitive Tipster
NEW YORK (AFP) – US regulators have levied a $34.5 million fine against alleged Galleon case insider trading tipster Deep Shah, who is believed to be …
Another Step
Aug 25, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will end nearly three decades of emergency rule, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the island’s parliament, which has …
Foreign Killing
August 19, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s High Court Friday handed five Chinese nationals the death penalty for murdering a compatriot at a restaurant …
Arrest
August 20, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a top Buddhist monk on a charge of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in violation of …
Fraud Network
SYDNEY, August 15, 2011 (AFP) – Five men from Malaysia and Sri Lanka were charged Monday with being members of an international fraud syndicate …
Lawlessness
Aug 11, 2011 (LBO) – Friday Forum, a Sri Lankan citizens group fighting to re-establish rule of law and liberal democracy, has raised fresh concerns …
Sentencing Plea
Aug 11, 2011 (LBO) – Lawyers for Raj Rajaratnam, a Sri Lanka born fund manager convicted of insider trading, said he should be dealt leniently because of …
Death Sentence
NEW DELHI, August 11, 2011 (AFP) – India’s president has rejected mercy pleas from three men convicted of the 1991 assassination of then prime …
Rights Activist
July 29, 2011 (AFP) – The body of a prominent Sri Lankan human rights activist missing since February last year has been found, the United Nations said …
Tied Hands
July 25, 2011 (LBO) – The chairman of Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Ashantha de Mel had “no choice” but to use …
Lawlessness
July 16, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s lawlessness and injustice was systematically engineered by the best legal minds in the country over a long period …
Port Closed
WELLINGTON, July 11, 2011 (AFP) – New Zealand has refused entry to a boat load of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, saying it would only open the door to …
Legal Status
July 6, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s recent state land sales to investors have procedural flaws that could result in the contracts being challenged in …
Watch List
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2011 (AFP) – The United States on Monday removed the Philippines and Singapore from a human trafficking watchlist that had drawn …
Not Twice
June 26, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s and Bahrain has signed an agreement to stop double taxation of interest and dividends from investment made in …
Lawlessness
June 25, 2011 (LBO) – Use of torture by police in Sri Lanka is “endemic” and lawlessness has gradually superseded rule of law in the island …
Rule Making
June 18, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s securities regulator has finalized rules to allow exchange traded funds (ETFs) with Indian help, and the final …
Human Smuggling
OTTAWA, June 14, 2011 (AFP) – Canadian police arrested Tuesday four Sri Lankan nationals accused of being behind a 2009 operation that illegally brought …
UK Call
LONDON, June 14, 2011 (AFP) – Britain on Wednesday said “horrific” footage contained within a film documenting the final weeks of Sri …