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Sri Lanka:Tax scam lands IFS in hot water

• Informatics International Lanka demands US$ 76 M as compensation for losses suffered
• Alleges the formation of seven companies in violation of the shareholders’ agreement
Hot on the heels of allegations of tax evasions to the tune of Rs 9 billion through the repeated projection of losses, an arbitration case has been filed by Informatics International […]

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti | Published on July 17, 2013 at 12:46 am

Fallen heroes in South Asian cricket

As Sri Lanka continues to grapple with match fixing controversies, former Sri Lankan skipper Hashan Thilakaratne is still to go public or before Colombo’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and actually spill the beans.
Just as he says, names of Sri Lankan cricketers have been linked many times to match fixing controversies. Only nothing has so far […]

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti | Published on June 6, 2011 at 3:06 am

Arundhati Roy on exclusion, feminism and resistance movements

Arundhati Roy is clearly among the most controversial and prominent Asian writers of the present day. This controversial identity is something she unrepentantly enjoys. The 1997 Booker Prize winner for her God of Small Things and one of India’s most well known foremost writer’s of non-fiction, in Roy’s own words, she likes to ‘hang a […]

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti | Published on June 4, 2011 at 3:43 pm