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
Gold climbed to an unprecedented high above $5,000 an ounce on Monday, extending a dramatic rally that has seen investors rush into the safe-haven metal amid escalating geopolitical and financial uncertainty. The
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Sri Lanka’s healthcare system is once again at the center of a fierce standoff between the government and the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), as doctors prepare to intensify trade union action
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Sri Lanka’s Parliament has suspended its second most senior official, Deputy Secretary General and Chief of Staff G.K.A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne, amid allegations that he provided false information to secure his position.
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A Catholic chaplain at the University of Oxford has been asked to step down after an internal safeguarding investigation upheld a complaint of professional misconduct made by a student. Father Damian Howard,
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For generations, La Malinche occupied a singularly dark place in Mexico’s national imagination. Her name became shorthand for treason, her story a cautionary tale of Indigenous betrayal during the Spanish conquest. As
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The Alpine village of Funes, once a quiet retreat known mainly to hikers and mountaineers, is taking decisive action to stem the flow of tourists after viral fame transformed it into a
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President Xi Jinping has assumed unchallenged control over China’s military following the abrupt purge of General Zhang Youxia, the country’s most senior uniformed officer, in a move that underscores the president’s tightening
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Alex Honnold, the world-renowned free solo climber, has completed what is being described as the highest urban climb in history after scaling Taipei 101 without ropes or safety equipment. Wearing only a
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Melania Trump’s second term as first lady is being unveiled not through speeches or interviews, but through a $40 million documentary that she conceived, executive-produced and meticulously shaped herself. Premiering later this
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India is marking Republic Day 2026 today with a blend of patriotic ceremony and high-stakes diplomacy, as European Union leaders attend the national parade in New Delhi. The celebration, traditionally centred on
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Editorial Today, on India’s 77th Republic Day, the nation stands taller in global rankings than ever before — yet the Republic’s original promise remains incomplete, and its darker compromises are still being
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What does it mean when a defence strategy announces itself as a triumph before it has even articulated a problem? What kind of naval order is being imagined when a state declares,
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Britain has quietly brought back a small number of women and children associated with Islamic State who were detained in Syria alongside Shamima Begum, according to officials running the camps where they
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Maintaining one of Buddhism’s most revered shrines now requires generating nearly five million Sri Lankan rupees every single day, according to Pradeep Nilanga Dela, the Diyawadana Nilame, or chief lay custodian, of
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Profits at the so-called Magnificent Seven US technology companies are expected to rise sharply to a combined $181 billion for the most recent quarter, underscoring the sector’s continued dominance as investment in
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