Salman Rushdie, the author whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran s leader in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. MORE..
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has established the Stakeholder Engagement Committee with a view to broadening its engagement with key stakeholders of the economy. MORE..
Incarcerated former MP Ranjan Ramanayake has signed the letter seeking a presidential pardon, his attorney Dinesh Vidanapathirana confirmed today (Aug 13). MORE..
Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is staying at a hotel here in the heart of Thailand s capital, where police have advised the ousted Sri Lankan president to remain indoors for security reasons, according to a media report on Friday. MORE..