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Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will face Novak Djokovic in the French Open semi-finals after crushing Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up the highly anticipated clash. Spain’s Alcaraz, 20, won 6-2 6-1 7-6 (7-5) against the Greek fifth seed. Serbia’s Djokovic survived a quarter-final scare from Karen Khachanov to keep his bid for a record 23rd men’s […]
- Djokovic wins Australian Open 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Raducanu thrashed in 59 minutes by Ostapenko at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Category: Breaking News)
- Emma Raducanu loses in Cincinnati (Category: Breaking News)
- Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells because of vaccination status (Category: Breaking News)
By Easwaran Rutnam The UK’s Metropolitan Police arrested 52 people over alleged attempts to disrupt the coronation ceremony of King Charles. Issuing a statement, the Metropolitan Police said that a “significant Police operation” was launched after they received information that protesters were determined to disrupt the coronation procession. This included information that indivi...
- Probe on Marine Drive accident involving SUV (Category: Breaking News)
- Man armed with knife arrested in Adelaide’s CBD after being tasered (Category: Breaking News)
- Concerns raised over tuk tuk mafia in Galle (Category: Breaking News)
- App-based taxi hailing service seeks urgent intervention (Category: Breaking News)
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- Should The People Suffer In The Hands Of The Utterly Corrupt 1+225? (Category: Breaking News)
- Minorities Within Minorities Bullied Into Giving-Up Their Right To Convert & Be Converted Religion (Category: Breaking News)
- Scamming The Gestapo Church, Or Being Sound Christian Witness (Category: Breaking News)
- The EU Way To Bring Our Generals To Trial: Operation Flavius (Category: Breaking News)
To be sure, not all has gone well for Northern Ireland since the coming into being of the British province’s Good Friday Agreement on April 10th 1998. For instance, it has been without a ruling executive since January 2017, when the province’s power-sharing government’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned in protest over what has […]
- UK, EU hail new chapter with deal to fix Brexit trade spat (Category: Breaking News)
- A lasting political solution through power sharing (Category: Breaking News)
- Joe Biden celebrates family ties in pub on Ireland tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden begins Northern Ireland, Ireland trip (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of people have fled across the border to Thailand amid fierce fighting between Myanmar’s armed rebel groups and the military, according to Thai officials. Myanmar was plunged into turmoil when the military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, leading to mass protests and an armed uprising. […]
- Manhunt underway for 6 inmates who escaped from a California jail using a homemade rope (Category: USA, Maine)
- Manhunt underway for 6 inmates who escaped from a California jail using a homemade rope (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Manhunt underway for 6 inmates who escaped from a California jail using a homemade rope (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Manhunt underway for 6 inmates who escaped from a California jail using a homemade rope (Category: USA, Iowa)
A Zimbabwe preacher with links to a controversial Sri Lankan “prophet” has been accused of gold-smuggling. Uebert Angel, who was in Sri Lanka in 2020 and 2022, to meet Prophet Jerome Fernando, has been accused in Zimbabwe of offering to use his status to launder millions of dollars through a gold-smuggling scheme. Angel, appointed ambassador-at-large […]
- Mahinda’s links with Ubert and Jerome likely to be probed (Category: Breaking News)
- Zimbabwe preacher linked to Sri Lankan pastor stripped of title (Category: Breaking News)
- Zimbabwe preacher with links to Sri Lanka denies allegations (Category: Breaking News)
- SC does not regulate cash transfers (Category: USA, South Carolina)
The Little Minds Strong Values (LMSV), Rotary Honda Purudu Championship finals was held at the Galadari Hotel and broadcast on Facebook live. Over 4000 children from around the country participated in the competition and 125 children participated in the finals. The event was attended by the Minister of Education Dr Susil Premajayantha, Rotary district […]
- Kingsbury Colombo distributes 25,000 books to over 2,500 students (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka slams US envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- Red Cross in Sri Lanka and China help 9,000 vulnerable families (Category: Breaking News)
By Ayushi Agarwal Following a decision by the Taliban regime to ban women from working at non-governmental organisations, four major international aid groups suspended their operations in Afghanistan on Sunday. Neil Turner, country director, Norwegian Refugee Council for Afghanistan, while calling the ban ‘temporary’, said it “can, unfortunately, have a high impact”. He als...
- Taliban’s impositions on women can continue in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Afghanistan’s media raises concerns on World Press Freedom Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Even Taliban seduced by Afghanistan cricket’s success story (Category: Business)
- Shakespeare gives hope to Afghanistan arts revival (Category: Business)
Fresh signs COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in China Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): After China abandoned its restrictive “zero Covid” policy about two weeks ago, regional numbers of infected persons with coronavirus point to explosive outbreaks and overstretched healthcare systems, writes Chang Che, Asia technology correspondent for The New York Times (NYT). However, the intensity ...
- China lab leak ‘most likely’ origin of Covid – FBI chief (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO says Covid global health emergency is over (Category: Breaking News)
- US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Zero Covid policy’s repercussions (Category: Breaking News)
A suicide attack at a tuition centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 35 people, most of them female students, the United Nations says. More than 80 others were wounded in Friday’s attack at the Kaaj education centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area. Students had been sitting a practice university exam when the […]
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire on protesters in Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- Six killed by 28-year-old shooter in Tennessee (Category: Breaking News)
- Wave of explosions hit Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
A huge search and rescue effort is continuing in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which cut a swathe of destruction across the US state. At least 10 people have died in the state but officials fear the confirmed toll could rise considerably. Joe Biden has warned the category one storm could be the […]
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect held after five killed in attack at Colorado nightclub (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with attempting to kidnap Nancy Pelosi (Category: Breaking News)
The vibrantly coloured, discreetly patterned and beautifully crafted garments by C.h.a.r.l.e.n.e. has been all the rage in Colombo since the brand’s launch a few weeks back. What’s so great about C.h.a.r.l.e.n.e.? And how did it get there? Let’s hear it from ‘the Couturist’ behind the label, Ms. Charlene Thuring. “I studied fashion at the Academy ...
- Coats Lanka recognises AOD’s emerging fashion talent with special award (Category: Business)
- Creative industries employ internationally qualified design graduates from AOD (Category: Business)
- AOD collaborates with Hameedia for brand new fashion collection (Category: Business)
Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone who is currently filming for ''Jism 2' in Sri Lanka rang in her 31st birthday on the sets of her first Bollywood movie, IANS reported "Happy Birthday Sunny! Sunny celebrates her birthday with the unit members in Sri Lanka," producer Mahesh Bhatt posted on Twitter. Her birthday was on Sunday. She cut a chocolate cake, which read "Happy Birthday Sunny&...
- Jism-2 Star – Sunny Leone Comes To Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Mostly sunny and milder today (Category: USA, Maine)
- Mostly sunny and milder today (Category: USA, Maine)
- Mostly sunny and milder today (Category: USA, Maine)
| by Dr Laksiri Fernando ( May 03, 2012, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) I am here not talking about Karen Connelly’s popular love story by the name of ‘Burmese Lessons,’ but rather Aung San Suu Kyi’s entry into Parliament yesterday as the leader of the opposition in Myanmar (or Burma) with 42 other members who were elected early April in a by-election from the National League for Democracy (NLD). Th...
- ‘Burmese Lessons’ for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- New Myanmar Democracy: Generals In Plain Clothes (Category: Breaking News)
- Myanmar: South Asia’s other ‘Small Miracle’? (Category: Business)
- It breaks my heart to see the Indian Prime Minister pose cordially with the butchers of Burma (Category: Breaking News)
Karen Parker members of the IED organization stated SriLanka is the best example and definition for racist governments of this world.
The Academy of Design (AOD) – South Asia’s celebrated design campus is actively involved in the advancement of Sri Lanka’s creative industry. Apart from these special ventures, AOD has also contributed to the local design industry by producing a generation of proficient designers and design entrepreneurs of international caliber. Maneesha Perera is one such alumnus ...
- Sri Lanka Design Festival commences (Category: Breaking News)
- AOD Graphic Design Department powered with latest Apple iMac techonology (Category: Business)
By Bandu de Silva It looks as if all Pundits have spoken their mind on the recent performance of the Foreign Service and there is nothing more left to be said. But as an old Foreign Service hand, now watching...
- Saving the Sri Lankan Foreign Service: Wrestlers, County Cricketers, and Pac-Boat riders to Hard... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Foreign Service must put its own house in order before anything else (Category: Breaking News)
- Geneva challenge: Sabry needs to review ‘case’ anew (Category: Breaking News)
- Jayanatha Dhanapala submissions before LLR Commission - Full transcript (Category: Breaking News)
For every successful South Sudan, there are several suppressed Chechnyas. And every leader like Putin who aspires to crush secessionist movements has been looking with awe at Sri Lanka and its leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa. by John Feffer Co-director, Foreign Policy...
- Sri Lanka must be concerned how Russia and China let down Sudan at the UN (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamils for Obama Pushes Obama (Category: Breaking News)
- Vijitha Yapa presents paper on democracy at international conference (Category: Business)
- Future Direction (Category: Business)
The proxy party of Myanmar’s military junta has swept the polls winning 187 seats of the 219 seats counted by Thursday, the Times of India reported. Observers believe that more than 80 per cent of seats in the new parliament will be under the control of the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Party. There was ...
- Suu Kyi’s party claims landslide win in Myanmar vote (Category: Business)
- Suu Kyi to make Myanmar parliament debut on April 23 (Category: Business)
- Myanmar’s Suu Kyi makes historic debut in Parliament (Category: Business)
- Myanmar: South Asia’s other ‘Small Miracle’? (Category: Business)
Chick Flick Vs Masterpiece Chick flick is slang for a film designed to appeal to a female target audience. Although many types of films may be directed toward the female gender, ‘chick flick’ is typically used only in reference to films that are heavy with emotion or contain themes that are relationship-based (though not necessarily ...
- Nurse wins contest to watch entire film festival alone in lighthouse (Category: USA, New York)
- Tassie actress bounces back (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Undervalued and underpaid claim support staff (Category: Western Australia)
- Angel who defied all odds (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
Tamils of a different stripe by Gordon Weiss The Tigers are history and Sri Lanka’s ethnic minority remains under the government’s thumb. Think about it – who wants to portray the boat people as a security threat?...
- Two tales of Sri Lankans: 'Loss of humanitarian aspect and Canada's own historic benevolence tow... (Category: Breaking News)
- Vancouver Activists Rally in Support of Tamil Refugees (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights of Tamils on boat need to be respected - Amnesty International Canada, Canadian Council f... (Category: Breaking News)
- Fate of ship steered by two forces – Ottawa and Tamil diaspora (Category: Breaking News)
by Ann Powers There are so many ways to say “I love you,” and if you’re singing, it can be hard to say anything else. Pop stars are our love machines, expressing desires people are otherwise too uptight or disconnected...
- Track in M.I.A.'s new album: 'kind of lullaby one would sing to a baby android' - Wall Street Jo... (Category: Breaking News)
- M.I.A.'s New Record is Full of Greatness (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka govt pressuring fans - MIA (Category: Breaking News)
- M.I.A. Gives Audience Middle Finger At Madonna's Super Bowl Halftime Show (Category: Entertainment)
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