Category:
Detention Protest
SYDNEY, September 20, 2010 (AFP) – A Fijian man died suddenly at a Sydney immigration centre Monday, officials said, with a protest breaking out in the compound after claims he had jumped from a rooftop fearing deportation. Immigration officials said they were helping a police investigation into the “sudden death of a 36-year-old detainee” at […]
Legal Cover
Sept 20, 2010 (LBO) – Corporate lawsuits are on the rise in Sri Lanka with the collapse of financial firms and a new company law making directors and executives more accountable, an insurance industry official said. Not only globally but in Sri Lanka too the trend of claims filed against corporate executives exposing them to […]
Jail Protest
September 19, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief and opposition leader Sarath Fonseka on Sunday rejected his conviction at a court martial and said he would fight against a proposed three-year jail term. Fonseka, in a statement released through his democratic National Alliance (DNA) party, said he did not accept Friday’s verdict in a […]
Sri Lanka budget revenues on track, expenses up in July
Sept 20, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state revenues were on track with a projected budget for the first seven months to July 2010 but current expenses have started to creep up, keeping the revenue deficit wide, official data show. Total revenues were up 22.7 percent to 355.4 billion rupees up to July, with non-tax […]
Sri Lanka urban development agency making heavy losses
Sept 20, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority (UDA) has been making losses from 2006 and the accumulated loss by December 2009 was 1.1 billion rupees, its debenture prospectus has revealed. People occupying state-owned land are to be resettled and the property they were on are to be opened up for development by […]
Set Free
VANCOUVER, September 18, 2010 (AFP) – Canada’s Federal Court ordered Friday the release of four women out of nearly 500 Tamils from Sri Lanka, who arrived via a cargo ship in Western Canada last month and claimed refugee status. As of Friday the government had appealed all but one release order — for a heavily-pregnant […]
‘s Super Kings face survival battle
PORT ELIZABETH, September 18, 2010 (AFP) – After an unsuccessful gamble by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings will have to wait until Wednesday to know whether they will qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Chennai were beaten in a Super Over by Australia’s Victoria Bushrangers at St George’s […]
Global brands face growing labour militancy in Asia
DHAKA, September 19, 2010 (AFP) – Global retailers fleeing China’s rising labour costs now find themselves facing growing pressure for higher wages in countries from Bangladesh to Cambodia, Vietnam, India and Indonesia. The latest sign that workers are becoming more militant in their demands for a larger share of the region’s economic success came in […]
Sri Lanka probes negligence after dynamite depot blast
KARADIYANARU, September 18, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lankan authorities on Saturday probed negligence as a possible cause of a powerful blast at a dynamite depot in the island’s east that killed 25 people. The military said that 16 policemen, two Chinese contractors and seven Sri Lankan civilians died in Friday’s explosion in Batticaloa district, while […]
Rebels strike as Afghanistan goes to the polls
KABUL, September 18, 2010 (AFP) – Afghanistan was voting for a new parliament on Saturday against a backdrop of rebel attacks and a full security alert following Taliban threats to derail the high-stakes election. Insurgents fired rockets in Kabul and other parts of the country and set off a bomb at a polling station, with […]
Sri Lanka begins clearing after major accidental blast
KARADIYANARU, September 18, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lankan authorities Saturday began clearing rubble and wreckage after 25 people were killed in the first major explosion since the end of a decades-long civil war. Heavy earth-moving equipment was being brought to the village of Karadiyanaru, in the east of the island, as families of victims prepared […]
Sri Lankan stocks close up 2.17-pct
Sept 17, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks continued to rally to break 6,400 point mark Friday, from strong gains across the board, while strong buying interest on selected midcap stocks pushed turnover up, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 6,477. 09, up 2.10 percent (133.38 points), while the more liquid Milanka […]