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
Japan has retrieved sediment containing rare earth elements from a depth of 6,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean, the government said Monday, in what it described as a world-first attempt to tap
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Government sources said yesterday that the long-running controversy surrounding the appointment of a new Auditor General, which has triggered a serious administrative crisis, is expected to be resolved tomorrow (03). The assurance
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The Government Medical Officers Association has intensified its ongoing trade union action from 8.00 am today (02), citing the government’s failure to provide a positive response to a series of long-standing demands
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The Colombo High Court has sentenced a former police constable to death after finding him guilty of the brutal and premeditated murder of his young girlfriend, also a police constable, in a
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A packed global election calendar in 2026 is emerging as a fresh source of volatility for financial markets already unsettled by abrupt shifts in US policy and rising geopolitical tension. From Japan
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was hit with a new round of impeachment complaints on Monday, reviving allegations of corruption, abuse of public funds and betrayal of public trust less than a
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by Durga Chris Moore’s The Power of Guilt opens with a confession so extreme that it dares the reader to refuse him moral authority. “We had hit a group of fellow students
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Simandou, Africa’s largest mining and related infrastructure project, has reached a critical stage as construction and commissioning accelerate across its mines, railway, and port systems in Guinea. The vast development, which integrates
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The Indian rupee strengthened sharply against the US dollar on Monday, February 2, gaining more than 40 paise after a likely intervention by the Reserve Bank of India helped arrest a slide
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Indian government bond yields surged sharply on Monday, February 2, after the Union Budget revealed a significantly higher gross borrowing programme than markets had anticipated. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government
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Aviation leaders gathering in Singapore on Monday warned that persistent supply chain disruptions and rising geopolitical tensions are increasingly threatening the industry’s ability to meet surging demand, even as they reaffirmed commitments
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As families across China prepare for Lunar New Year feasts, a growing number of consumers are turning away from cheap, mass-produced pork in favour of a premium alternative rooted in memory and
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A close relative of Israel’s newly appointed spy chief has been charged with smuggling contraband into Gaza, exposing what authorities describe as a growing internal threat to Israel’s blockade of the territory.
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As soon as the television cameras were ushered out of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the carefully choreographed spectacle of diplomacy gave way to something more personal. Sitting across
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As an armada of US warships closes in on the waters surrounding Iran, a different battle is unfolding on land, largely hidden from view. Inside the country, the Iranian regime is engaged
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