Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack damaged the vital crude conduit, adding to mounting disruptions to energy flows across the Middle East as the
As the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank governors met in Italy from Thursday to Saturday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for so-called market-driven countries to form a
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by Kelum Bandara A number of leading NGOs funded by various foreign sources for projects such as gender rights, human rights and democratic governance have been registered only as guaranteed companies under
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Recent research found that severe clear-air turbulence in the North Atlantic has increased by 55 percent since 1979. Though they seldom cause casualty on commercial flights, industry experts suggest keeping seatbelts on
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The Sri Lankan government will introduce two significant bills aimed at bolstering the country’s economy to parliament on Wednesday, a minister said on Monday. The “Economic Transformation Bill” and the “Public Financial
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Following article is based on the speech delivered by the author at the Opening Ceremony of “Tea for Harmony-Yaji” Cultural Salon in Colombo, Sri Lanka China is the birthplace of tea. Through
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Following article based on the speech by the author as the President of Sri Lanka at the World WaterForum in Bali, Indonesia. At the outset let me thank the President of the
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Many around the world remember how the Great Recession of 2008 wiped out trillions of dollars (estimated at US$2.4 trillion) from US retirement funds. Financial researchers in the US suggest that history
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Since the turn of the century, there has been a consistent average annual loss of 3 to 4 million hectares (7.4 to 9.9 million acres) of tropical forest globally. This puts us far from
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Singapore Airlines transported 2.1 million passengers last month, up 20.3 percent year-on-year, according to the latest operating statistics. The low-cost airline Scoot within the same group recorded 1.06 million passengers in April,
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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the Chabahar port would benefit the entire region and a narrow view should not be taken of it, after the US warned that any country
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