Normal Rule
January 12, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's opposition Wednesday demanded an end to emergency law ahead of local elections in March, saying there was no reason for …
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 calling …
Missing Syndrome
GENEVA, December 23, 2010 (AFP) - An international accord aimed at preventing abductions -- a fate affecting tens of thousands of people throughout the world …
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 probe …
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 Colombo, …
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 have been sold …
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 hotel to repay …
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 delays …
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 forced to …
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 porn …
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 after …
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 and …
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 recent …
Arbitration
Oct 26, 2010 (LBO) - Arbitration proceedings of disputed oil derivative contracts between Sri Lanka's state-run run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and …
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 convicted …
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 interest …
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 country's civil …