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)
A group of Sri Lanka Railway locomotive operators have announced they will launch a strike from midnight today (17). MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (6:55 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 second reading of the Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill has been passed in Parliament.
17 Feb 2026 (7:12 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)
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva stated that Sri Lanka has achieved macroeconomic and financial stability within a short period, highlighting the country s significant economic turnaround. MORE..
17 Feb 2026 (11:10 PM)