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South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol will receive his annual pay rise despite his impeachment for briefly placing the country under martial law, the government has said.Yoon’s salary will increase by 3% to 262.6 million won ($179,000; £147,000),...

By Shiran Illanperuma Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional influence. U.S. Department of State, Integrated Country Strategy – Sri Lanka, 2022 Anura Kumara Disanayake (AKD)...

Voters in Croatia have re-elected Zoran Milanovic to a second term, after he won almost three-quarters of votes cast in the country’s presidential election. It was a dismal result for his opponent Dragan Primorac, who had the backing of the...

Weather forecasters in California are warning fierce winds which fuelled the infernos around Los Angeles are expected to pick up again this week, as fire crews on the ground race to make progress controlling three wildfires. Officials warned that after...

India notched up a series win that never appeared to be in any doubt, but in batting out 50 overs for a second straight game in Rajkot, Ireland ticked off a few boxes as part of their preparations for...

… alleges current pricing formula helps fleece consumers by Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had sought to put off the scheduled power tariff revision, on the basis of false data and assessment provided to the Public Utilities...

69 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa alleged that a large number of farmers are yet to receive the fertiliser subsidy and added that the Government should announce when they are planning to pay the subsidy for those who have not received...

It looked like an ordinary murder. One hundred years ago on this day – 12 January 1925 – a group of men attacked a couple on a car ride in a upmarket suburb in Bombay (now Mumbai) in colonial India,...

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Showers or thundershowers...

ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s red rice which disappeared from shop shelves after price controls were strictly enforced, was due to the ex-President Ranil Wickremesnghe distributing rice, Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe claimed. “The last government before the Presidential election did a dastardly...