Rockets have been fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, raising fears the Israeli offensive in Gaza may spread.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to fighting in the Gaza Strip during a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York.
President Bush has blamed the violence in Gaza and southern Israel firmly on Hamas, after a week of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket attacks.
Violence has continued in the Gaza Strip for a sixth day, after calls for a UN-backed ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants foundered.
Five potential investors have expressed interest in Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank including two foreign buyers, after its controlling Ceylinco group said it would sell its stake, an official said.
Sri Lanka's tea production up to November last year was almost 300 million kilos, well ahead of the year before, according to statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tea Board.
The Sri Lanka unit of Bharti Airtel would launch its operations on January 12, the company said, kicking off a media campaign Monday and taking full page advertisements in local newspapers.
Sri Lanka's central bank has promised single digit inflation amid deflationary external conditions and the possibility of looser policy and lower interest rates in 2009 in its annual road map for monetary policy.
Sri Lankan spinner Malinga Bandara ties the knot with Ms. Prabodha Pathmaperuma today (Jan. 09th).
Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Test cricketer Brendon Kuruppu as manager of the national team for the forthcoming tour of Pakistan.
Sri Lanka will split their tour to Pakistan over two legs in January and February, playing in total, three ODIs and two Tests.
Vice President of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union, Asanga Seneviratne is to contest for the Union's top seat, reports say.
US actors Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed the arrival of their second daughter.
Actor Patrick Swayze, who has pancreatic cancer, has admitted he may survive only two years.
Cuba has opened up electronic access to thousands of documents belonging to the writer Ernest Hemingway, who wrote some of his greatest works on the island.
The teenage son of American actor John Travolta has died suddenly while on a family holiday in the Bahamas.