Backdoor Fund
October 13, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's supreme court has been asked to probe the allocation of over 50 billion rupees in next year's budget for unspecified …
Legal
Copycats
Oct 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan companies should keep a close tab on the trade marks registry to ensure protection of their own marks, an intellectual …
Stiff Penalties
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 2, 2007 (AFP) - An Islamist lawmaker in Kuwait called for the interior ministry on Tuesday to draw up a blacklist of employers who mistreat …
Open Season
Oct 01, 2007 (LBO) – The United States visa lottery for would-be immigrants will be opened on Wednesday, October 3, and participation is without any …
Human Smugglers
KOMOTINI, Greece, Sept 29, 2007 (AFP) - Greek border guards arrested 69 illegal immigrants and seven suspected people smugglers who were trying to enter the …
Sad Ending
Sept 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's new company law has made it easier to start new ventures but winding up procedures are still cumbersome, a new World …
Bottom End
Sept 26, 2007 (AFP) - High taxes and red tape are eroding confidence in Sri Lanka, one of the worst places to do business in South Asia, a study by the …
Corrupt Rank
Sept 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has slipped ten places in a global ranking of public sector corruption, the latest study by anti-corruption watchdog …
Later Later
Sept 14, 2007 (LBO) – The hearing of the case on the sale Sri Lanka Telecom shares by its Japanese shareholder has been put off till November 22, lawyers …
Prison Life
Sept 10, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan teenager Rizana Nafeek who is on death row is being treated well by her jailors and was hoping an appeal of her …
Contempt Order
Sept 10, 2007 (LBO) – The head of Sri Lanka's consumer authority has been ordered to resign by the Supreme Court over the implementation of a previous …
Sly Workers
Sept 9, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities have launched a crackdown on Indian nationals who arrive as tourists and stay on to work, an immigration official …
Bunker Battle
Sept 08, 2007 (LBO) – A rival bunker supplier has joined the court action challenging the sale of Sri Lanka's then-bunkering monopoly, Lanka Marine …
Sentenced
Sept 07, 2007 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan court Friday sentenced four directors of an export company that went bust several years ago to jail and imposed fines in the …
Worker Relations
September 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's employers and labour unions have set up a dispute settlement mechanism funded by the International Labour …
Not Criminal
September 02, 2007 (LBO) – Prosecutors in the Philippines have sought to withdraw a criminal prosecution against Goldquest directors following appeals to …
Exposure Draft
September 01, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank, which regulates the country's financial system, has sought the views of the banking community on new …
Military Law
August 21, 2007 (LBO) – Military officers from Sri Lanka and the United States, two countries faced with tough suicide terrorist wars, discussed human …
Free Birds
August 14, 2007 (LBO) – A Jakarta court has refused a request to extradite directors of Goldquest because the crime for which they were wanted in the …
Level Play
August 4, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state sector has to improve governance for the country to progress, at a time when private firms were coming under …