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''ගමේ භාෂාවෙන් කියනවා නම් ඔබේ නිවාස පිටුපස කණ්ඩියේ පස් තාච්ච් දෙක තුනක්, නැතිනම් පස් විල්බැරෝවක ප්රමාණය වැටිලා තියෙනවා නම් ඒ කියන්නනේ ඒ කණ්ඩියට ස්ථාවරව ඉන්න බෑ කියන පූර්ව ලක්ෂණය'' යැයි ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානයේ වරලත් භූ විද්යාඥ ලක්සිරි ඉන්ද්රතිලක BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවේය.
Captain Rohit Sharma’s scintillating century sprinted India to an emphatic eight-wicket World Cup defeat of Afghanistan in Delhi. Rohit crunched a sparkling 131 from 84 balls before India reached their target of 273 with 15 overs to spare. Hashmatullah Shahidi made 80 to put Afghanistan on course for a more challenging target, but Jasprit Bumrah’s […]
Israel was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas’ deadly cross-border raid, a US congressional panel chairman has said. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as “absolutely false”. Israeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for ...
Israel was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas’ deadly cross-border raid, a US congressional panel chairman has said. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as “absolutely false”. Israeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for ...
A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At least 60 Indians have killed themselves after being abused and threatened. A BBC undercover investigation has exposed those profiting from this deadly
A second large earthquake has hit Afghanistan just days after a 6.3 magnitude quake in the same region killed more than 1,000 people. The new quake, of the same magnitude, struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Tuesday. The epicentre is 28km (17 miles) north of the city of Herat. The impact of […]
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Though responding to those who criticise cloaked in anonymity may be considered an act of futility, after much thought I decided to respond to Interested Woman’s opinion piece “Ranil’s undiplomatic DW interview” (The Island, 9 October) as there are many inaccuracies and, more importantly, her concluding remarks raise a vital issue. […]
''2019 සිට අපි බීච් වොලිබෝල් ක්රීඩාව කරනවා.නමුත් තවම අපිට මැදවච්චියට බීච් වොලිබෝල් කෝට් එකක් නැහැ. බලධාරීන්ට කිවුවට තවම කිසිම ප්රතිචාරයක් නැතැයි'' රන් පදක්කම්ලාභී ක්රීඩක හර්ෂ සඳුන් බණ්ඩාර BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවේය.
At least 11 Americans have been killed in Israel after Hamas militants launched an attack on the country, US President Joe Biden said. In a briefing with reporters at the same time, a senior US defence official accused Hamas of “Isis level savagery” in an unprecedented attack. The identities of those killed have not been […]
This year’s Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, an American economic historian, for her work on women’s employment and pay. Prof Goldin’s research uncovered key drivers behind the gender pay gap, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. She is only the third woman to receive the prize, and the first to […]
At least 30 people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé, the emergency services have said. A local radio station put the death toll at 40, saying that many people are still missing. Rescue efforts were hampered by floods, forcing locals to pull bodies out of the debris with […]
Oil prices have jumped on concerns that the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed by $2.25 a barrel to $86.83, while US prices also rose. Israel and Palestinian territories are not oil producers but the Middle Eastern region accounts for almost a third […]
The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an “unprecedented and appalling assault”. The US was also working to verify reports its citizens were among those […]
Virat Kohli made a crucial 85 as World Cup hosts India overcame an early collapse to begin their campaign with a six-wicket win over Australia. Steve Smith (46) and David Warner (41) top-scored in Australia’s total of 199 after they won the toss and batted. India were in trouble after the loss of early wickets […]
The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an “unprecedented and appalling assault”. The US was also working to verify reports its citizens were among those […]
More than a dozen young girls from a small village cycle through farmland in the Indian state of Punjab. Moving along a dirt pathway, dressed all in white, their excitement starts to build. Amid the miles of wheat fields, emerges the source of their joy: two cricket pitches, with plastic wickets and strip of concrete […]
Israel’s military has warned that Hamas militants from Gaza are still fighting inside Israel after they infiltrated southern communities and left a reported 250 people dead. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis they are going into a “long and difficult war”. Hundreds of gunmen burst into southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians, and taking […]
By Zinara Rathnayake When I was five years old, I would love to sit beside my loku amma, solving riddles while she worked in the kitchen making kalu dodol. Loku amma was married to my paternal uncle, my father’s older brother. As a young girl, I loved my chatty, always laughing, childlike loku amma for […]
At least 100 people have been killed in Israel after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest attack in years. Militants crossed into Israel from Gaza under the cover of heavy rocket fire – and have since taken dozens of Israelis captive. Some hostages – both soldiers and civilians – were taken back to Gaza. […]
A London court has thrown out a 145m euros (£126m) legal case brought by a former lover of the ex-king of Spain. Danish businesswoman Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn had accused Juan Carlos of directing a campaign of harassment against her after their relationship broke down in 2012. She alleged the intimidation – including spying and break […]
Imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Announcing the decision, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Ms Mohammadi, 51, was honoured for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran. Her struggle has come at a “tremendous personal cost”, committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said. Ms Mohammadi is currently […]
A Russian attack on the village of Hroza, south-east of Kharkiv, has killed at least 51 people, including an eight-year-old boy, Ukraine says. Villagers were attending a wake for a local resident when a missile struck at 15:15 local time (13:15 BST). Ukraine’s defence ministry said there were no military targets in the area – […]
Ex-President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to dismiss the election interference case against him, arguing his role entitled him to “absolute immunity”. Mr Trump’s lawyers say his attempts to cast doubt on the 2020 election fell within his duties as president and are not subject to criminal prosecution. The claims were “at the […]
US President Joe Biden’s administration is to build a section of border wall in southern Texas in an effort to stop rising levels of immigration. Around 20 miles (32km) will be built in Starr County along its border with Mexico, where officials report high numbers of crossings. Building a border wall was a signature policy […]
Nancy Pelosi and her long-time deputy Steny Hoyer have been ordered to leave their work spaces in the US Capitol by acting House Speaker Patrick McHenry. Both were told locks on their office doors will be “re-keyed” on Wednesday. The evictions come after Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the chamber’s plum post on Tuesday and […]
''ගැහැනු අයගේ අතපය සාමාන්යයෙන් පිරිමි වගේ නෙමෙයි. ඒ වුණත් මම අනේ මේවා පිරිමි කරන වැඩ, අපිට කරන්න බෑ කියලා නිකං හිටියේ නෑ. අතපය හයිය නැතත් හිත හයිය නම් ඕන ගමනක් යන්න පුළුවන් අපිට'' යනුවෙන් ඊ. පුෂ්පලතා BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවාය.
A photo of two Chinese female athletes that made an inadvertent reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre has been censored on Chinese social media. The race numbers for Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni form ’64’ – a common allusion to the incident which happened on June 4. Discussions of the incident remain taboo in China, […]
සුඩානයේ කාර්ටූම් අගනුවර පිහිටි ඉතියෝපියා තානාපති කාර්යාලයට ප්රහාරයක් එල්ල වී ඇති බව විදෙස් මාධ්ය වාර්තා කර තිබෙනවා. ප්රහාරයෙන් ජීවිත හානි කිසිවක් වාර්තා නොවූ නමුත් තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ ගොඩනැගිල්ලට අර්ධ වශයෙන් හානිThe post සුඩානයේ පිහිටි ඉතියෝපියා තානාපති කාර්යාලයට ප්රහාරයක් appeared first on ITN News.
Kevin McCarthy has been toppled in a right-wing revolt – the first time ever that a US House of Representatives Speaker has lost a no-confidence vote. The final tally was 216-210 to remove the California congressman as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress. Ultra-conservatives mutinied after he struck a deal […]
At least 21 people including two children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near the Italian city of Venice and caught fire, officials say. The bus broke through a barrier and plunged near railway tracks in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge. Among the dead are […]