A Uyghur refugee from China’s Xinjiang region died of alleged police neglect this month at the Bangkok Immigration Detention Center, raising concerns about the treatment of the more than 50 Uyghur refugees who have been held at the center since 2014. The victim was Abdulaziz Abdullah, 49. His son, Muhammad Abdullah, who lives in […]

The Supreme Court has decided to support on March 03, the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara, requesting an order that failure to hold the Local Government (LG) election violates the peoples fundamental rights, Ada Derana reporter said.

Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.22m to add one centimetre to his own world pole vault record at the All Star Perche, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in Clermont-Ferrand on Saturday (25). The 23-year-old Olympic and world champion attempted the record height on his season opener in Uppsala at the start of this month, eventually […]

Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): Chinese people continued to face difficulty as the economy of the country is falling, ramping up the risk of social unrest in the nation, Global Strat View reported citing the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) economic outlook. China’s economy is slow and it no longer satisfies the aspirations of upward mobility. […]

Hopeless title since it connotes no hope. Thus Cassandra joins her front house neighbour’s refrain of a couple of months ago, when things were not so hopeless as now. He said, passing judgment on the government: “Why won’t they let me die in peace? I have worked all my life earning income for the government […]

The road leading to the Election Commission in Rajagiriya has been closed for traffic due to a protest, Ada Derana correspondent says.

The road in front of the Fort railway station is blocked due to a protest this afternoon, Ada Derana correspondent says.

A bus and a car have collided with a train in the Ariviyal Nagar area of Kilinochchi this morning (Feb. 20), Ada Derana reporter said.

Retired Colonel W.M. Wijesundera s lawyers have informed the Supreme Court that it is not necessary to support motion requesting to expedite the petition to postpone the upcoming Local Government elections, Ada Derana reporter said.

The writ petition filed by a retired Army Colonel, seeking an order postponing the upcoming Local Government (LG) elections in view of the current economic crisis, is scheduled to be taken up before the Supreme Court tomorrow (Feb. 20), Ada Derana reporter said.

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ECONOMYNEXT –A collective of trade unions and professional associations representing high-income earning public servants has threatened to launch a nationwide general strike on March 01 if the government doesn’t address their concerns about a personal income tax hike. Media spokesman of the Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) Charudaththa Illangasinghe told reporters on Friday Jan...

US actress Raquel Welch, often credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines in Hollywood films, has died at the age of 82. The star passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning after a brief illness, her manager said. Welch became an international sex symbol in the 1960s, widely remembered for playing a bikini-clad […]

BBC reported that Duangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys who was rescued from a Thai cave in 2018, has died in the UK. He was found unconscious in his dorm on Sunday and taken to hospital, where he died on Tuesday, people in his hometown told the BBC. He had been enrolled in a […]

Bangladesh showed spark in parts but it was the return of legspinner Georgia Wareham that stole the headlines as Australia continued their winning run at the Women’s T20 World Cup. Wareham picked up three wickets – including two in her last over – to restrict Bangladesh to 107 despite a feisty half-century from their captain […]

Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshi de Silva s ice-cool hundred partnership steered Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh as they continued their winning start to the ICC Women s T20 World Cup 2023.

Heart to Heart International, a renowned global humanitarian organisation, based in the United States, has donated another consignment of lifesaving medicines, worth over US$ 6.9 million, to Sri Lanka, says a joint press release by the Embassy of Sri Lanka, in Washington DC, and the Heart to Heart International, US.It said: Under the guidance of […]

Live tortoises, stuffed inside cloth sacks and packed in six boxes labelled as “dried seafood”, were being smuggled out to Kuala Lumpur Customs officers have seized 206 live star tortoises listed as an endangered species while they were being smuggled to Malaysia in boxes labelled as ‘dried seafood’. The Biodiversity, Cultural and National Heritage Protection […]

Sri Lankan customs have seized 206 live star tortoises, which are listed as an endangered species, that were being smuggled to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia yesterday (Feb. 11) at the Air Cargo Exports Terminal of Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.

A sudden fire has broken out in a factory that manufactures coir-related products located in the Miris Watta area on the Katana - Divulapitiya main road in Katana police division, Ada Derana reporter said.