Sri Lanka’s new Chinese Ambassador, Wei Huaxiang, met VIII Executive President Ranil Wickremesinghe at his political office on Flower Road in Colombo, in an engagement between China’s new diplomatic representative and the
Capital Metals (AIM: CMET), a leading mineral sands company focused on the Eastern Minerals Project in Sri Lanka, has announced a significant milestone in its mine development journey. The company has secured
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As the fentanyl crisis ravages U.S. communities, toddlers and infants increasingly are becoming unsuspecting victims of an opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin, according to public health experts. While
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VIENNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India has given ‘Buddha’ to the world, not ‘Yuddha’ (war) which means it has always given peace and prosperity, and therefore the country is
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Male, Maldives — President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu of Maldives is set to embark on his first official visit as the head of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Sri Lanka during the first
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The death toll in ongoing floods in India’s northeastern state of Assam has risen to 72, officials said Tuesday. The flood scenario in the state has improved marginally as officials say the
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Over 24 percent of Afghan children between 5 and 17 years old experience anxiety in the war-ravaged country, said a report released by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on
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China’s deep-sea heavy-duty mining vehicle has completed a sea trial at a depth exceeding 4,000 meters, marking a significant breakthrough in the country’s deep-sea mineral resource development technology. The trial was conducted
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The Suez Canal transit receipts decreased by 57.2 percent to register 959.3 million U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2024, according to a statement released on Monday by the Central Bank
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Activists Protest NATO Summit in Washington Hundreds of demonstrators representing a diverse coalition of anti-imperialist and anti-war organizations staged a mobilization ahead of the NATO summit, held in Washington, DC from July
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NASA’s CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE) is set to launch on Tuesday to explore the origins of radio waves from the sun, one of the key drivers of space weather. CURIE will
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The prices of eggs, a staple in American households and among the most volatile grocery items, are soaring once again as bird flu hits chicken flocks across the United States. Consumers like
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The ascension of the Labour government injected rare impetus into Britain’s capital market, accompanied by many positive economic signs. On Friday, the first day of the newly-elected Labour government, the domestically-focused FTSE
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Driving towards Payra Port, Bangladesh’s third-largest port, a 220-meter high cooling tower can be seen standing tall within the plant area from a distance. This plant area is home to Bangladesh’s largest
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The left-wing parties’ alliance, the New Popular Front (NFP), wins the 2nd round of France’s legislative elections, and is expected to hold between 175 and 205 seats in the National Assembly, according
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Sri Lanka’s earnings from tourism rose to over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in the first six months of 2024, a 77.9-percent increase year on year, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)
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