Legal

Rule of Law

January 9, 2011 (AFP) – A media rights group on Sunday marked the second anniversary of the assassination in Sri Lanka of an anti-government editor by …

Missing Syndrome

GENEVA, December 23, 2010 (AFP) – An international accord aimed at preventing abductions — a fate affecting tens of thousands of people throughout …

Expert Visit

December 18, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka has softened its stance and agreed to welcome a panel of experts appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to …

Animal Rights

Dec 14, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan animal lovers and welfare organizations have raised concern over the rounding up of dogs near a popular promenade in …

Baby Saga

December 10, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s child protection authorities have traced the biological mother of a six-year-old girl who was suspected to …

Thai Crackdown

BANGKOK, December 8, 2010 (AFP) – Thai authorities said Wednesday they had arrested 45 migrants from Sri Lanka in the latest of a series of crackdowns in …

Asset Realization

Dec 05, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court which is hearing a case on liquidating assets of a failed financial firm has approved the sale of …

Grave Probe

November 23, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Tuesday began investigating a claim that Tamil Tiger rebels executed 26 captured government soldiers at the height of …

Land Hustle

Nov 18, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is planning to bring in a new law to fast-track state land allocations to investors which are held up due to procedural …

New Allegation

November 14, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is probing allegations that one of its nationals employed in Jordan was forced to swallow nails, in the third case …

Doubly Victimized

Nov 14, 2010 (LBO) – Helpless women whose picture were posted on the internet by third parties have been further victimized and in at least one case …

Scorned

November 9, 2010 (AFP) – Newspaper editors in Sri Lanka on Tuesday refused to publish pictures of men and women who are wanted by police for appearing on …

Prison Clash

November 7, 2010 (AFP) – More than 50 police and prison officials were injured Sunday by inmates at Sri Lanka’s main jail in the capital Colombo …

Garden Path

Oct 30, 2010 (LBO) – Investors in Sri Lanka’s failed high-yield financial firms have lost more money than they should have by delaying liquidation …

Thai Crackdown

BANGKOK, October 30, 2010 (AFP) – Thai authorities have arrested 61 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka, police said Saturday, in the second such crackdown in …

Arbitration

Oct 26, 2010 (LBO) – Arbitration proceedings of disputed oil derivative contracts between Sri Lanka’s state-run run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation …

Mercy Plea

October 26, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has appealed for the king of Saudi Arabia to spare the life of a Sri Lankan housemaid …

Golden Key

Oct 24, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will file criminal charges against directors of Golden Key Credit Card Company, an unregulated firm promising high …

Boycott

NEW YORK, October 14, 2010 (AFP) – International human rights groups declined Thursday to appear before a Sri Lankan probe into the end of the …

Sad State

KUWAIT CITY, October 6, 2010 (AFP) – Abuse of domestic workers in Kuwait is rising, and maids in the Gulf emirate face prosecution when they try to …