Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol as it is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in an address to the nation.
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20th May 2022 | Updated at 06:58am 20th May 2022
Ties with Nepal unshakable like Himalayas: PM Modi
- 18 May 2022
India and Nepal’s “ever-strengthening” friendship and closeness will benefit the entire humanity amid the kind of global conditions that are emerging, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a special 20-minute address in Lumbini on the sidelines...
Briton scales Mt Everest for the 16th time
- 18 May 2022
Kathmandu: Kenton Cool, a 48-year-old British national, has scaled the world’s highest peak Mount Everest for the 16th time, becoming the first non-Nepalese to do so, a media report said. Cool, who hails from Gloucestershire, a county in South...
2 Sikh traders killed in northwest Pak; Sharif calls it 'terror attack'
- 18 May 2022
Peshawar: Two Sikh businessmen were shot dead by the Islamic State terrorists in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, the latest targeted attack against the minority community members in the restive province bordering Afghanistan.
Bilawal Bhutto sets terms for joining Shehbaz govt
- 27 Apr 2022
Islamabad: Signs of discontent among the constituents of Pakistan’s ruling coalition appeared early with PPP chairman and foreign minister designate Bilawal Bhutto Zardari linking his joining the federal cabinet with the induction of lawmakers...
Pakistan seeks more funds from IMF
- 27 Apr 2022
Hot temperatures make Kuwait an un-liveable country
- 19 Jan 2022
Kuswait: Global warming is smashing temperature records all over the world, but Kuwait - one of the hottest countries on the planet - is fast becoming un-liveable. In 2016, thermometers hit 54 degree Celsius, the highest reading on Earth in...
Protests in Bangladesh as Khaleda Zia's health deteriorates
- 01 Dec 2021
Dhaka: Supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party have organised protests across the country demanding that their jailed leader be immediately allowed to go abroad for treatment. Khaleda Zia, the 76-year-old leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist...
“NO BETTER ALLY THAN THE UK”
- 25 Nov 2020
Recently appointed Indian-American Chief of Staff to Acting Defence Secretary speaks about 9/11, Kashmir, safeguarding regional security in the Indian Ocean through the Quad and the UK-USA special relationship.
Harvey Weinstein rape trial begins in New York
- 08 Jan 2020
Dressed in a black suit, former film producer Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan court on Monday for the start of his landmark rape trial, met by celebrity accusers including Rosanna Arquette who helped fuel the #MeToo movement in the wake...
A gutsy and outdoorsy couple tale
- 29 Jun 2021
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Ties with Nepal unshakable like Himalayas: PM Modi
- 18 May 2022
India and Nepal’s “ever-strengthening” friendship and closeness will benefit the entire humanity amid the kind of global conditions that are emerging, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a special 20-minute address in Lumbini on the sidelines...
Briton scales Mt Everest for the 16th time
- 18 May 2022
Kathmandu: Kenton Cool, a 48-year-old British national, has scaled the world’s highest peak Mount Everest for the 16th time, becoming the first non-Nepalese to do so, a media report said. Cool, who hails from Gloucestershire, a county in South...
Floods, landslides kill 104 in Nepal
- 27 Oct 2021
‘2024, MODI ONCE MORE’
- 04 May 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
UK diaspora and students protest against anti-Muslim violence in Delhi
Braving snow and rain, more than 200 members of the Indian diaspora and student communities in London gathered outside the Indian High Commission on Saturday 29 January afternoon, to protest the targeted anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi which has...
- 18 May 2022
Peshawar: Two Sikh businessmen were shot dead by the Islamic State terrorists in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, the latest targeted attack against the minority...
India has contributed over £600,000 to the UN aimed at promoting and enhancing the public outreach of Hindi in the world body. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative R Ravindra handed over a cheque for the UN project launched by India in 2018...
Six Gujaratis were rescued by US and Canadian agencies from a freezing river on May 5. Another man, a US citizen, was part of the group. The boat carrying...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his European visit presented gifts to leaders of Nordic countries that had highlighted India’s rich past, cultural diversity, martial traditions, age-old handicrafts, and exquisite work of artisans. The gifts...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the “cascading effects” of the war in Ukraine, especially goods shortages in...
Kyiv: In high-profile display of solidarity with Ukraine on the eve of a key Russian military holiday, Jill Biden, the first lady, made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday. Canada PM Justin Trudeau also made an unannounced visit,...
Nairobi: A record forty-six presidential candidates are among over 7,000 cleared to vie in the August 9 General Elections in Kenya. Registrar of Political...
Beijing/Shanghai: Beijing shut scores of metro stations and bus routes and extended Covid-19 curbs on many public venues, focusing efforts to avoid the fate of Shanghai, where millions have been under strict lockdown for more than a month.
Manila: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose dictator father and namesake plundered and brutalised the Philippines for decades, on Tuesday won a historic election victory, capping his clan's journey from pariahs to the presidential palace. Marcos Jr,...
