Category: Other
Organized Crime
COLOMBO (AFP) ” Police in Sri Lanka have arrested 100 Chinese nationals for an online currency fraud scam in a string of night-time raids in and around the capital Colombo, according to officials. The arrests come as China has been investing heavily in the tropical island nation as it enlarges its presence in South Asia. […]
” model boosts production
Dec 20, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Kahawatta Plantations Plc, has increased production and boosted employee incomes by trying out an ‘out grower’ model of allowing workers to farm tea on estate land on their spare time. The statement said workers go to work in gem pits and other work and only about 40 percent […]
Sri Lanka floods leave 25 dead, thousands homeless – Update
Dec 20, 2012 (LBO) – Flooding and landslide from days of heavy rain in Sri Lanka’s central, eastern and southern areas have left 25 dead, 13 missing and more than 18,000 homeless, the state disaster management agency said. High winds and flood had left 8,237 homeless in Baticaloa in the East of the island and […]
Sri Lanka flood, landslide toll rises
Dec 18, 2012 (LBO) – Flooding and landslides have killed at least nine people and left thousands homeless, Sri Lanka’s disaster management office said as heavy rains continued to lash parts of the island. Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre said eight people had died in Matale and one is Kandy in central Sri Lanka and […]
Lawyer Resolution
Dec 16, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main lawyers association has asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to reconsider an impeachment against the Chief Justice or ensure that a fair trial complying to rules of natural justice is followed. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka had adopted the resolution amid protests from those backing the administration with […]
Fair Trial
Dec 16, 2012 (LBO) – An association representing Sri Lanka’s judicial officers have called for an independent tribunal to probe impeachment charges against chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake to ensure a fair trial. The chief justice walked out of the proceedings saying she was insulted by members of a ruling party dominated parliamentary select committee (PSC) […]
Second Opinion
Dec 13, 2012 (LBO) – A proposed committee to examine a report by a parliamentary committee involving the impeachment of Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice will be made up of independent experts, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. President Rajapaksa told editors of media institutions Monday that such a committee was not mandated by the constitution but will […]
Sad Employers
Dec 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Employer’s Federal of Ceylon (EFC) an industry body representing large firms said it was disappointed over a delay in two key labour law reforms that were agreed upon earlier. The EFC has been making representations through the National Labour Advisory Council, a body representing the state, unions and […]
Decision
Dec 08, 2012 (LBO) – A parliamentary committee from which opposition members walked out, has found Sri Lanka’s chief guilty of three out of five main charges made in a motion signed by ruling party legislators. Parliament is expected to hold a 10-day debate over issue. Reports said given the gravity of charge on which […]
Impeachment
Colombo, (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s first woman chief justice faced the threat of dismissal from office after a parliamentary panel on Saturday found her guilty of three accusations of professional misconduct. The charges against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake have raised international concerns that the government is trying to control the judiciary after crushing Tamil rebels […]
Probe Call
COLOMBO, Dec 9, 2012 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main opposition party asked the Commonwealth Sunday to investigate the impeachment of the country’s chief justice in what it called a breach of the bloc’s democratic values. Opposition spokesman and former foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera urged the group’s secretary general Kamelesh Sharma to order his disciplinary body, […]
Walkout
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake has walked out of a parliamentary committee with her lawyers saying she had been denied due process, in the latest twist in a controversial impeachment process. Leaked reports showed that her lawyers had denied charges in an impeachment motion. An impeachment motion was launched […]