Twenty-nine people, including six crew members and 23 passengers, were killed after a Russian military transport aircraft of the An-26 type crashed over the Crimean Peninsula due to a technical malfunction, according to preliminary reports. MORE..
1 Apr 2026 (8:37 AM)
A local multi-day fishing trawler suspected of smuggling a consignment of narcotics has been seized in the sea area off the southwest coast of Sri Lanka. MORE..
31 Mar 2026 (8:10 PM)
More than 3 million Indian officials are to spend a year counting every single person in the world s most populous nation, a mammoth task delayed in part by the COVID-19 pandemic. MORE..
31 Mar 2026 (7:42 PM)
The Sri Lankan delegation led by the Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Ratnayake has held discussions with Vladimir Vasilyev, Parliamentary leader of the ruling United Russia party in the State Duma. MORE..
31 Mar 2026 (10:25 PM)
The Trump administration will resume processing some asylum applications after it halted all such claims following the shooting of two National Guard members by an asylum seeker, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Monday. MORE..
31 Mar 2026 (8:59 PM)
Owners of vehicles with number plates ending in both odd and even numbers will be able to obtain fuel from filling stations today (April 1), the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) announced. MORE..
1 Apr 2026 (8:01 AM)