SriLankan Airlines improved its underlying operating performance in 2024/25, but engine shortages, 487 flight cancellations, falling passenger revenue and LKR 31.6 billion in finance costs pushed the Group into a LKR 2.74
by Durga The stillness of a remote Canadian community was broken by gunfire on Tuesday afternoon, when a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in northeastern British Columbia set off a chain
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India has announced that social media platforms must remove unlawful content within three hours of receiving official notice, dramatically tightening a previous 36-hour deadline in a move that could significantly challenge major
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Two senior leaders at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture xAI have stepped down, marking the latest high-profile departures from the company as it seeks to close the gap with dominant players in
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China’s ByteDance is developing its own artificial intelligence chip and is in discussions with Samsung Electronics to manufacture it, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that underscores intensifying
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U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has dismantled a task force she created last year to investigate alleged politicization within intelligence agencies, a move that follows mounting criticism and internal concerns,
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Sri Lanka’s Attorney General informed the Court of Appeal on February 10 that a letter issued by the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Board approving a proposed tourism promotion project
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A senior Buddhist leader in Sri Lanka has accused authorities of unjustly targeting monks and civilians involved in installing a Buddha statue in Trincomalee, claiming they were attacked and later imprisoned despite
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As China accelerates efforts to field a new generation of stealth bombers and long-range strike aircraft, the head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has publicly downplayed the immediacy of the
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Behind a recent high-profile indictment involving the brother of Israel’s domestic security chief lies a sprawling and highly lucrative smuggling industry that has quietly expanded during the war. According to experts cited
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When the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza reopened last week after months of closure, it was presented as a cautious humanitarian step under the second phase of a cease-fire framework. But
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As Bangladesh heads into a closely watched national election, one of its most controversial political forces is attempting a dramatic repositioning. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, long associated with religious conservatism and historical baggage dating
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Japan is once again confronting one of the most sensitive questions in its postwar history: whether to revise the Constitution that has defined the nation’s pacifist identity for nearly eight decades. Newly
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Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence that the first humans to inhabit the High Arctic were not merely surviving at the edge of the world, but actively transforming it. Newly discovered archaeological sites
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The idea that artificial intelligence could one day manage personal finances no longer belongs to science fiction. Millions of people already consult large language models for everything from budgeting tips to stock
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The United States and Bangladesh have signed a landmark trade agreement that lowers US tariffs on Bangladeshi goods to 19% and opens the door to zero-duty access for selected textile and apparel
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