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..
13 Aug 2022 (3:42 AM)
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..
13 Aug 2022 (10:30 AM)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the request for the Chinese ballistic missile- and satellite-tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 to call at Hambantota Port for replenishments, which was deferred earlier, has now been granted. MORE..
13 Aug 2022 (11:33 PM)
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has been given directives to take appropriate management decisions and distribution decisions on the filling stations that fail to adhere to the guidelines, Minister of Power Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says. MORE..
13 Aug 2022 (6:10 PM)