China tries to allay fears over BRI, says it’s not an exclusive club
Beijing | President Xi Jinping on Friday sought to ease global concerns over debt traps and regional hegemony by China using the BRI project, saying...
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Sri Lanka revises Easter blasts toll to 253, cites ‘calculation error’
Colombo | Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando resigned over his failure to prevent the Easter terror attacks even as the health ministry on Thursday night...
Sri Lanka releases pics of 6 suspects, including 3 women
Colombo | Sri Lanka on Thursday released photographs of six suspects, including three women, wanted for their involvement in the deadly Easter attacks that killed nearly...
Explosion at Tata steel plant in UK, 2 injured
London | Two people suffered minor injuries in a pre-dawn explosion at a Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot in Wales, the UK’s largest steelworks, police...
Explosion at Tata steel plant in UK, 2 injured
London | Two people suffered minor injuries in a pre-dawn explosion at a Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot in Wales, the UK’s largest steelworks, police...
Lanka didn’t arrest citizens as joining foreign terror outfit not against law: PM
Colombo | Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the...
Sri Lanka’s defence secretary resigns over Easter attacks
Colombo | Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando resigned from his post on Thursday, days after a series of devastating suicide attacks that tore through three...
Ex-Vice President Joe Biden launches 2020 presidential campaign
Washington | Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, betting that his working-class appeal and ties to Barack Obama’s...
Death toll of Indians in Sri Lanka blast rises to 11: Foreign Ministry
New Delhi | The number of Indians killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings rose to 11 on Thursday, as one more person succumbed to...
Kim, Putin vow to seek closer ties at first talks
Vladivostok | Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to seek closer ties as they met face-to-face on Thursday for the...