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Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (6:18 PM)
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Tarique Rahman was sworn in as Bangladesh s prime minister on Tuesday, marking a decisive political shift in the South Asian nation after his party s sweeping parliamentary election victory. MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (5:46 PM)
The Locomotive Operating Engineers Union has called off the strike that was scheduled to commence from midnight today (17). MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (11:40 PM)
A monk has been arrested today (17) for allegedly collecting money by creating fake WhatsApp accounts using the photographs of Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody and Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Anura Karunathilaka. MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (7:56 PM)
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (17) at the Presidential Secretariat to discuss Sri Lanka s economic recovery, post-disaster assistance and the next phase of the IMF-supported reform programme. MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (6:31 PM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who departed Sri Lanka to attend the AI Impact Summit 2026 at the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, this afternoon (17). MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (9:37 PM)