News Room : Update: Chamara Sampath Dasanayake Remanded Over Bribery Allegation
Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dasanayake has been remanded until 1 April in connection with a bribery allegation. The New Democratic Front (NDF) MP was...
News Room : 24% salary hike for members of Indian Parliament
The central government on Monday announced a 24 percent hike in the salaries of members of Parliament, which will be effective from April 1,...
News Room : US adds dozens of Chinese entities to export blacklist, including Inspur units
US adds dozens of Chinese entities to export blacklist, including Inspur units – BusinessWorld OnlineWASHINGTON – The United States on March 25 added six...
News Room : Udugampola Acquitted: Court Concludes 20-Year Legal Battle Over Millennium City Raid
SP Kulasiri Udugampola was acquitted by the court in the case related to the 2002 disclosure of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence safe house...
News Room : FIFA announces record prize money for winners of upcoming Club World Cup
The winners of FIFA’s first 32-team Club World Cup in the United States could earn a football record $125m as details of a $1bn...
News Room : MR Rejects UK Allegations, Calls for Defence of Former Military Leaders
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has categorically denied the UK government’s allegations of widespread human rights violations during Sri Lanka’s military operations against the LTTE...
News Room : Govt: UK action complicates matters
Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath yesterday (26) told UK High Commissioner Andrew Patrick that unilateral action on their part would...
News Room : Sri Lanka Decries UK’s ‘Unilateral’ Sanctions on Former Officials
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism has responded to the UK government’s decision to impose sanctions on three former military...
News Room : South Korea wildfire death toll rises to 16
Multiple wildfires raging across South Korea’s southeastern region have killed at least 16 people. Deadly wildfires swept through South Korea’s southeastern region on Tuesday, forcing...
News Room : World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after release
A Japanese man who was on death row for more than 40 years until his release last year has been awarded $1.4 million in...