U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of State, Ambassador Donald Lu, along with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Robert Kaproth...MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:02 AM)
A diplomat who "entrapped" a domestic worker in her Canberra home, forcing her to work 14 hours, seven days a week, for less than a dollar an hour, has been fined more than $100,000 in the Australian federal court. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:57 AM)
An Indian national, who is the owner of the Galle Marvels team in the Lanka T10 Super League, has been arrested by police over allegations of match-fixing. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (12:52 AM)
The enduring fisheries conflict in the Palk Bay - which impacts fisher folk of northern Sri Lanka and daily wage fishermen of Tamil Nadu - can be decisively resolved only if the Indian side stops using the destructive bottomtrawling method, according to Sri Lanka s Minister of Fisheries Ramalingam Chandrasekar. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:29 AM)
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentary group, led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, has commenced signing the Motion of No Confidence against the Speaker of Parliament, according to the SJB Media Unit. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (3:42 PM)
Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Bimal Rathnayake says that several new projects will be initiated to enhance the transportation of goods by rail. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:12 AM)