Indian Army chief to visit Sri Lanka

Seeking to give a fillip to bilateral military ties, army chief General V K Singh is set to undertake a five-day visit to Sri Lanka from Sunday to discuss defence cooperation. During his visit,......

Rajapaksa fails as rival Sirisena wins Sri Lanka election

Image: Sri Lanka's newly elected president Mithripala Sirisena waves at media as he leaves the election commission in Colombo. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/ Reuters Sri Lankan voters on......

Protesters storm Lanka president's home, swim in Rajapaksa's pool

Thousands of irate anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday stormed into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in central Colombo's high-security Fort area after......

1 killed, 13 injured as Lankan police open fire on anti-govt protestors

Sri Lankan police on Tuesday opened fire at anti-government protestors in southwestern region of Rambukkana, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others - the first death during the ongoing......

Icra plans to expand in Asia

After establishing a presence in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, Icra, the rating agency and associate of Moody's in India, plans to expand further in Asia to get a slice of business from the growing......

Sebi eyes pact with US-based CFTC

The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Monday said it was planning a tie up with Commodities and Futures Trading Commission of US within a month for sharing of information."We are talking......

Defence rests in Rajaratnam trial

Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam's defence team have rested their case in the biggest hedge fund insider trading trial in the US history. Rajaratnam's defence rested their case on Monday.The......

Rajat Gupta quits EMRI

Rajat Gupta, former director of Goldman Sachs and Mckinsey, has resigned from the board of the Hyderabad-based Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI), a public-private-partnership......

Sangakkara, Mendis among SL players hurt in attack

Six Sri Lankan cricketers and their assistant coach were injured while their security guards were among eight people killed in the first ever terror strike in the history of the sport, forcing......