Chilling Message
Sept 28, 2008 (LBO) - The house of a top Sri Lankan anti-corruption activist who is also a lawyer who has appeared on behalf of victims of human rights abuses …
Legal
Funny Money
Sept 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank has named six entities as illegally taking money from the public and engaging in lending or investment …
No Bail
September 5, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Chief Justice Sarath Silva Friday refused bail for a Buddhist monk and slammed fellow clergymen for not showing respect …
Appeal
Sep 01, 2008 (LBO) - The man who acted as translator for a condemned Sri Lankan teenaged girl in a Saudi court was not a native Tamil speaker, her lawyer told …
Second Hearing
Aug 26, 2008 (LBO) - A case against a Sri Lankan teenager who was condemned to death in Saudi Arabia, will be heard again after an appeal to a higher court, …
Informed Public
Aug 25, 2008 (LBO) – A top Sri Lankan judge has called for laws such as a freedom of information act to enable people greater access to information to …
Offshore Firms
Aug 22, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is developing a new policy and rules for setting up offices of foreign companies in the island, with plans to increase a minimum …
Shock Waves
July 24, 2008 (LBO) - A landmark court ruling against Sri Lanka's John Keells group involving the privatization of a profitable marine bunkering unit which was …
Aussie Arrest
July 16, 2008 (LBO) - Australian police have arrested the director of a Melbourne business school over links with Tamil Tigers following a request from US …
Battle Values
July 13, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Stassen group controlled by tycoon Harry Jayewardene had been valued at over 24 billion rupees (228 million US dollars) by …
Rating Code
June 02, 2008 (LBO) – A new code of conduct for rating agencies has been published by a grouping of securities regulators after the sub-prime credit …
Fined
May 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka securities watchdog said Nawaloka director Jayantha Dharmadasa has been fined over a price manipulation case involving the …
Freed
May 22, 2008 (AFP) - An appeal court on Thursday overturned a two-year prison term for breaking immigration law and dropped all charges against former cricket …
Costly Ruling
May 14, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's five-star city hotel Galadari Hotels said Wednesday it had been ordered to pay 101 million rupees in an arbitration hearing …
Netting Victims
May 07, 2008 (LBO) – Hundreds of Indian victims of the Goldquest scheme are flocking to police to lodge complaints after courts ordered authorities to …
Copy Cats
April 25, 2008 (LBO) – Vendors selling fake ink cartridges in Sri Lanka under the Toshiba trademark are being hunted and prosecuted, regional Toshiba …
Shady Deals
April 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's stock markets regulator is investigating a number of cases of manipulation of the share market on the Colombo Stock …
Bad Justice
April 12, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan court has released a man who was held in custody for 55 years without charge, a report said on Saturday. Thantriye Emis …
Inside Deals
April 11, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan supreme court judge has proposed amending regulations on stock market offences to cover markets regulators as well as …
Boardroom Behaviour
April 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top state legal advisor has told company directors not to be mere 'rubber stamps' but to act independently and in the …