A quiet revolution is taking place in the Arab states of the Gulf, but this one needs no demonstrators, slogans or weapons. It is being undertaken by the pen, the book and the abaya. In what are...Continue to the full

The second day of the Arab Media Forum held here in Dubai saw serious criticism of the Arab League Broadcasting Charter issued by Arab ministers of information, to regulate satellite broadcasting in...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Dubai-based Limitless plans to issue tenders for the main construction work on its $11bn Arabian Canal project in May.The client is in the process of drawing up a shortlist for the tender. About 30...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

The number of commercial banks operating in the UAE has increased to 51 and the figure is set to rise as the country pushes ahead with plans to tear down barriers to foreign investment in banking and...Continue to the full

One of the latest additions to such urban legends as the Loch Ness monster, UFO's and environmentally friendly land reclamation is what is now known as Islamic Finance.A new scam that started in...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Not a single day can pass without yet another extravagant announcement of a new real estate project that defies gravity, the law of nature and the laws of finance.There is something to be said...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Apr 25, Hali-Ela: A gang of six armed men robbed 45 million rupees worth of cash and jewellery from the State owned Bank of Ceylon Branch at Hali-Eala yesterday afternoon in broad daylight.

Apr 25, Vavuniya: Sri Lanka Defence sources said today that army has been able to liberate the Madhu Church compound from the Tamil Tigers.

Apr 25, Piliyandala: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) detonated a bomb inside a public transport bus around 7 PM this evening in Piliyandala, a suburb of Colombo.

Apr 25, Piliyandala: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) detonated a bomb inside a public transport bus around 7 PM this evening in Piliyandala, a suburb of Colombo killing 24 civilians and wounding over 40 others.

A bomb blast was reported inside a bus around 6:45 p.m. Friday near Piliayandala bus-stand, 17 km so..

Six SriLankan airlines flights were cancelled yesterday due to pilots going on strike demanding a pa..

At least 165 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and 20 more went missing in a major battle with Tamil s..

The much lionized Tigers have lost their first line of defence at Muhamalai despite their braggi..

The Catholic Church of Mannar is planning to meet representatives of the government and the LTTE see..

In what may come as a shock to those who took the Murree Declaration seriously and trusted the words of the top political leaders, viz PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, the PPP-led coalition government and

Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Technical Investigator Naseem Ahmad has claimed that the country's former president Ziaul Haq's death in 1988 in a plane crash was "an act of sabotage and was not caused by any technical fault". "It was

Following reports of US' concerns over Pakistan government's proposed peace talks with tribal militants, Pakistan's Foreign Office has said that the government would hold talks only with those who would lay down their arms, and would neither use Pakistani territory

A powerful bomb blast near a police station in Mardan, Pakistan killed at least three persons and injured over 35 on Friday. The bomb was reportedly hidden in a car parked in a market near the police station. The blast

In the wake of the recent spurt in suicide attacks in the city, the Lahore Police has prepared an updated list of most wanted terrorists in the province. All of those listed are members of banned militant organizations and are