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Sri Lanka condemns drone attack on UAE

The attack was on a fuel facility.

January 18, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka pledges to co-oporate with UN on labour issues – MFA

Sri Lanka appraised by UN on the progress it has made with regard to making the country a ‘child labour free zone

December 1, 2021 3 min read

Germany converts Sri Lanka Euro13mn maternity hospital loan into grant

The hospital was damaged in 2004 Tsunami

November 3, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka imports Coronavirus vaccines worth US$150mn from ADB credit

ADB is set to hold its annual meeting in Colombo from 2 to 5 May 2022.

October 6, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka and Australia to smoothen customs processes

Sri Lanka cabinet of ministers has given the approval to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia

Sri Lanka foreign minister to attend ADB meeting

Sri Lanka's foreign minister Ali Sabry will attend a meeting of Asian Development Bank Governors, on May 02,2023

Trump says first US states could reopen soon, halts funding to WHO

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that swaths of the United States could lift coronavirus shutdowns "very soon" a...

April 15, 2020 4 min read

Police collect nearly 800 bodies from Ecuador's virus epicenter

April 13, 2020 2 min read

Oil pushes higher, but doubts grow about output cut deal

Oil prices rose Monday after top producers agreed to massive output cuts, but gains were capped as doubts grew about whe...

April 13, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Catholic church 'forgives' 2019 Easter suicide bombers

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at leas...

April 12, 2020 2 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments, US worst hit, mass graves in New York

The United States becomes the country worst hit by the coronavirus, both in terms of recorded cases and deaths.

April 12, 2020 2 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments, mass-graves in US

The United States tops half a million reported infections on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

April 12, 2020 2 min read

Global Coronavirus deaths top 100,000 ahead of locked-down Easter

The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 Friday as Easter celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty...

April 11, 2020 5 min read

Oil prices fall sharply to US$31 a barrel as top producers hold key talks

Oil prices fell sharply Friday as top producers attempted to finalise a crucial agreement on output cuts in a bid to cou...

April 10, 2020 2 min read

US stocks rally on latest coronavirus updates as European bourses dip

Wall Street stocks rallied on data suggesting the coronavirus was cresting in New York and other hotspots, while Europea...

April 9, 2020 3 min read

What happened to Sanders and how Biden came in ahead in US democratic race

Earlier this year leftist senator Bernie Sanders forged ahead of Joe Biden to become the shock frontrunner in the race t...

April 9, 2020 4 min read
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Asia virus latest: Wuhan lockdown ends, markets drop

April 8, 2020 2 min read

British PM in intensive care as virus toll soars

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care Monday when his condition worsened in a battle with the...

April 7, 2020 4 min read

US warns China not to 'exploit' virus for sea disputes

The United States on Monday warned China not to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to exert itself in the South ...

April 6, 2020 2 min read

Asian markets lifted by hopes on virus but oil in retreat

Asian markets rose Monday as some of the world's worst-hit countries reported falling death rates, providing some much-n...

April 6, 2020 4 min read

Virus tide turns in Europe as US girds for 'Pearl Harbor' moment

Europe's hardest-hit nations saw some tentative signs of hope in the fight against the coronavirus Monday but the United...

April 6, 2020 4 min read

Global virus cases top a million as Spain, Britain see record deaths

Confirmed coronavirus cases around the world topped one million on Thursday and the number of deaths soared past 50,000 ...

April 3, 2020 4 min read

Duterte tells Philippine police to shoot dead lockdown troublemakers

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing "trouble" in areas l...

April 2, 2020 2 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments Apr 01

April 1, 2020 3 min read

Qatar reports a Bangladeshi national as first virus death

Qatar recorded its first death from the new coronavirus on Saturday, while confirmed infections rose by 28 to 590, the h...

March 29, 2020 1 min read

Europe's virus toll surges but Wuhan cautiously reopens

The accelerating death toll from the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe surged past 20,000 in Europe on Saturday, w...

March 28, 2020 4 min read
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