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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is set to resign on Wednesday, and his equally embattled brother Basil Rajapaksa remained in the country on Tuesday after being stopped by immigration officials from flying out, news reports said.The President,...

Changwon (S Korea): India's Arjun Babuta shot gold in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup here on Monday.Arjun defeated Tokyo Olympics silver medallist American Lucas Kozeniesky 17-9 in the gold medal contest to...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the National Emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building.The emblem is made of bronze with a total weight of 9,500 Kg and is 6.5 m in...

Canberra: After a five-year campaign, the Aboriginal flag will now fly permanently on one of Australia's most iconic landmarks.According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the New South Wales (NSW) state government on Sunday abandoned plans to install a third...

Tokyo: Japan's ruling party has made a sweeping victory in the House of Councillors election that was held on Sunday.According to Kyodo News, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) grabbed 63 seats, or more than half of...

New Delhi: India registered 16,678 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Monday.According to the bulletin issued by the Health Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,36,39,329, while the death toll rose to 5,25,454 as 26 more...

Cape Town:  Fifteen people were killed and several others injured on Sunday after gunmen opened fire in a bar in the South African township of Soweto."Gunmen entered the Orlando East tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning and...

Colombo: Protesters in Sri Lanka have said they will continue to occupy the Sri Lankan presidential and prime ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign, BBC reported on Sunday.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had announced on Saturday that he would be...

Ulan Bator: Mongolia celebrated its "Day to Honor National Flag" on Sunday, a time reserved to strengthen national unity.A national flag-raising ceremony held at the central square in the capital was attended by Mongolian leaders, cabinet and parliament members,...

Colombo: Newly appointed Sri Lanka's Minister of Investment Promotion Dhammika Perera on Sunday resigned from his ministerial portfolio, media reports said.According to Daily Mirror, Perera was appointed as the Minister of Investment Promotion on June 24.Sri Lankan News aggregator...