This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been won by peace negotiator Martti Ahtisaari, the Nobel Foundation has announced in Norway's capital, Oslo.
Hoping to reverse the momentum that has allowed Sen. Barack Obama to open a lead in the polls just a month before the election, Sen. John McCain began the second presidential debate Tuesday night by offering a new proposal aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.
A senior government minister in Thailand has resigned after violent clashes between police and protesters.
A major earthquake has hit Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 58 people, officials in the Central Asian nation have said.
Sri Lanka's central bank is intervening in forex markets to maintain stability and the monetary authority has bought more dollars than it sold this year, Governor Nivard Cabraal said amidst concerns that the rupee is under pressure.
Nishantha Wikremasinghe, an existing director of SriLankan Airlines has been appointed chairman, following the resignation of P B Jayasundera, the airline said.
SriLankan Airlines has significantly reduced losses in July and August and is confident that the red ink can be contained for the rest of the financial year, its chief executive Manoj Gunawardena says.
JCT Ltd. Oil Bank, a fully owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka Ports Authority which took over the Lanka Marine Services Oil Facility at Bloemendhal received its first parcel of Bunker Fuel Oil for storage yesterday (Sept. 26th).
Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka’s vice captain, returned this week from Australia after undergoing surgery on his right index finger.
Sri Lanka is to miss the junior Badminton World Championships due to a lack of funds, reports say.
The two-match test series between England and Sri Lanka next year would be cancelled as all leading Sri Lanka players would be released for the Indian Premier League (IPL), dates of which clashed with the proposed series, according to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources.
The Sri Lanka Cricket team will play their first game in the Twenty20 tour of Canada tomorrow (October 09th) at Maple Leaf grounds, Ontario against Zimbabwe.
Adjudicated as the Best Drama at the State Drama Festival - 2006, 'Charandas' is back at the Elphinstone Theatre, Colombo, on 11th October at 3.00 pm and 6.30 pm.
"Lire En Fête 2008" known as the "Reading Festival" organized by the French Embassy in Sri Lanka and Alliance Française de Colombo will take place on the 17th & 18th of October 2008.
O.J. Simpson is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety and is focusing on a motion for new trial in Las Vegas and a bid for appellate reversal of his conviction for kidnapping and robbery, his lawyer said.
'Off the Record', a weekly political programme broadcast over Hiru FM of Asia Broadcasting Corporation, celebrates its first anniversary on October 04th.