One of the scientists behind Pfizer-BioNTech’s promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate says the potential cure could return the world to “normal” by next winter. BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Sunday that if high vaccination rates are achieved by the end of next year, the course of the pandemic could be changed, the BBC reported. “I’m confident...

The BBC understands the government is set to announce it will bring 2040's ban forward by a decade.

US President-elect Joe Biden has won the state of Georgia, the BBC projects, the first Democratic candidate to do so since 1992. The win solidifies Mr Biden’s victory, giving him a total of 306 votes in the electoral college, the system the US uses to choose its president. President Donald Trump is projected to win […] The post Biden takes Georgia to solidify US election victory first ...

2020ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான சிறந்த பெண்கள் பட்டியலில் பா.ரஞ்சித்தின் `தி கேஸ்ட்லெஸ் கலெக்டிவ்` குழுவை சேர்ந்த பாடகி இசைவாணி இடம்பிடித்துள்ளார்.

இந்த ஆண்டு வழக்கமான ஆண்டு கிடையாது உலகெங்கிலுமுள்ள எண்ணிலடங்காத பெண்கள் பிறருக்கு உதவுவதற்காக இந்த ஆண்டு பல தியாகங்களை செய்துள்ளார்கள்.

ඔබේ මෙවලම්වල හැකියාවට සහ ඔබගේ අන්තර් ජාල සම්බන්ධතා වේගයට ඉබේම අනුරූපවන අන්දමින් නව ප්‍රතිචාරාත්මක නිපැයුම සකස් කර තිබේ.

The BBC has tapped an ex-judge to lead the organization’s investigation into whether Princess Diana was coerced into a notorious 1995 interview with Martin Bashir under false pretenses.

BBC News looks at what we know and don't know about the Earth's changing climate.

Forget national news, South Dakota has made international news (BBC, UK Daily Mail) for our handling of the COVID pandemic. I'm afraid Gov. Noem has her rowboat tied to the Titanic.

පුරා දශක තුනකට ආසන්න කාලයක් බීබීසී සිංහල සේවය ඔස්සේ විශිෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍ය භාවිතයක නිරත වූ ආදරණීය ප්‍රියත් ලියනගේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදියානෙනි! සිංහල සේවයේ සමස්ත කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය වන අප සියලුදෙනා ඔබගේ වියෝවෙන් බලවත් කම්පාවට පත්ව සිටින්නෙමු.

A British diplomat could be seen on a dramatic TikTok video saving a woman from drowning in a Chinese river on Saturday morning. Stephen Ellison, the consul-general in Chongqing, jumped into the river to rescue the 24-year-old college student, who slipped into the water and lost consciousness, BBC reported. “She was unconscious, she was not breathing...

Indian workers in factories supplying the supermarket chains Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, and the fashion brand Ralph Lauren, told the BBC they are being subjected to exploitative conditions. Women working at a Ralph Lauren supplier said they had been forced to stay overnight to complete orders, sometimes requiring them to sleep on the […] The post Indian factory workers s...

One of the scientists behind Pfizer-BioNTech’s promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate says the potential cure could return the world to “normal” by next winter. BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Sunday that if high vaccination rates are achieved by the end of next year, the course of the pandemic could be changed, the BBC reported. “I’m confident...

The BBC understands the government is set to announce it will bring 2040's ban forward by a decade.

US President-elect Joe Biden has won the state of Georgia, the BBC projects, the first Democratic candidate to do so since 1992. The win solidifies Mr Biden’s victory, giving him a total of 306 votes in the electoral college, the system the US uses to choose its president. President Donald Trump is projected to win […] The post Biden takes Georgia to solidify US election victory first ...

The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC reports on a rescue operation.

ලොව පැරණිම ගුහා චිත්‍ර අතර සත්ව සිතුවම ඉන්දුනීසියාවෙන් සොයාගත් බව ‘BBC සිංහල’ වෙබ් අඩවිය වාර්තා කරයි. ඉන්දුනීසියාවේ පුරාවිද්‍යාඥයන් විසින් සොයාගනු ලැබ ඇති වල් ඌරකුගේ සිතුවම සමග මිනිස් අත් සටහන් දෙකක් ද තිබේ. කාල නිර්ණ වාර්තා ඇසුරින් රාවිද්‍යාඥයන්ගේ තක්සේරුව අනුව මෙය වසර 45,500ක් තරම් පෞරාණික යුගයකට අයත් ගුහා සිතුවමකි. මෙම සිතුවම සොයාගනු ලැබ තිබෙන්නේ ඉන්දුනීසියාවේ ‘සුලවසි’ [...

Khairi Saadallah -- who the BBC said was known to British intelligence agencies but had evaded deportation -- was given a rare life sentence Monday for the “ruthless and brutal” attack in Reading last June.

The Colombo District Court today (January 12) ruled for the dismissal of a case filed against the BBC, by Chairman of the Derana Media Network Dilith Jayaweera.

Officials in Madrid are frantically racing to dig out from the weekend’s massive snowstorm in the Spanish capital, in a race against plummeting temperatures. Four people died on Friday and Saturday when up to 20 inches of snow fell on the city and its surroundings — including two who froze to death, the BBC said...

Doctor Who's latest Time Lord might be leaving the hit sci-fi show after Series 13, though the BBC has refused to comment on the reports.

England all-rounder Moeen Ali has tested positive for Covid-19 upon the squad’s arrival in Sri Lanka, BBC Sports reported. The England and Wales Cricket Board said that Moeen Ali tested positive for COVID-19 following PCR tests administered on arrival at the airport in Hambantota on Sunday 3rd January. Ali will now observe a period of […] The post England cricketer Moeen Ali tests posi...

The new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa poses an even greater risk than the highly infectious strain that turned up in UK patients, the British health secretary said on Monday.  Secretary Matt Hancock called the South African variant a “very significant problem” in a Monday interview on BBC radio.  “I’m incredibly worried about the...