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Colombo: Saying he will remain the Acting President of Sri Lanka until a new President is elected, Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday announced that the head of state will no more be addressed as "His Excellency" and also abolished the...

BANGKOK: A military helicopter carrying a commander of the fourth district of the Thai land forces crashed in Thailand's southern province of Songkhla on Friday, leaving seven people injured, including the general, media reported.The accident took place at...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's hotel industry appears to be on the verge of collapse due to unending political instability, worsening economic crisis, and curfews.The sector has lost the bulk of its business in recent days, and the Hotels Association...

Islamabad: Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has termed the decision of the Supreme Court on the ruling of the National Assembly deputy speaker as “heart-wrenching”, Express Tribune reported on Friday.Khan expressed his anguish and said that...

New Delhi: India recorded 20,038 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of active caseload to 1,39,073 as per the Health Ministry data on Friday.The total case since the pandemic in the country stood...

Ottawa: A man who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people was shot dead outside of Vancouver, Canada New York Post reported.Ripudaman Singh Malik was killed while he was sitting in his car outside...

Washington: In good news for India, the US House of Representatives passed a legislative amendment that approves an India-specific waiver against punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia. Authored and introduced by Indian...

Male: Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday resigned as the President of Sri Lanka, Mohamed Nasheed, former Maldivian President and current Speaker said.The Speaker of the People's Majlis of the Maldives tweeted, "Sri Lankan President GR has resigned."Nasheed added, "I hope...

Kyiv: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday claimed that 20 civilians were confirmed dead after a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia.Kuleba shared a picture of victims of the attack and said, "Already 20 civilians have been confirmed dead...

Colombo: A protester was killed in tear-gassing by security forces and two soldiers were in hospital on Thursday after being seriously injured in attacks by demonstrators in the Sri Lankan capital, media reports, and officials said.A 26-year-old man...