Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told the BBC they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning – effectively closing off their last route to further education in the country.
Five separate institutions across...
Sufiyan Muqeem spun a web around Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, registering the best figures by a Pakistan bowler in T20Is as his team crushed Zimbabwe by ten wickets to seal the T20I series.
Zimbabwe were skittled for 57, losing their ten...
By Ifham Nizam
In a significant move for Sri Lanka’s educational landscape, the Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Paul Stephens, officially launched Curtin University Colombo, marking a milestone in the growing partnership between Australia and Sri Lanka in higher...
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Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that he condemns the use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to hunt down social media activists.
He urged the Government to do exactly what it promised to the people and stop...
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Muhammathu Saali Naleem sworn in as a Member of Parliament Muhammathu Saali Naleem was sworn in as a member of the Tenth Parliament before the Speaker (Dr.) Asoka Ranwala yesterday (03).
Following taking oaths before the Speaker, he signed the...
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It is due to the collective policy that we have evolved over the years, that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake could outline the government policy statement without even referring to a single piece of a paper, “Prime Minister Dr. Harini...
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The Speaker (Dr.) Asoka Ranwala informed the House that in term of the provisions of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, the Speaker of the Ninth Parliament had endorsed the certificate on...
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan is in a race for her life.
On Tuesday, the 68-year-old will hear the verdict in her appeal against the death sentence handed down on her in April for masterminding the world’s biggest bank...
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan is in a race for her life.
On Tuesday, the 68-year-old will hear the verdict in her appeal against the death sentence handed down on her in April for masterminding the world’s biggest bank...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 03 December 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
Misty conditions can be expected most places of the island during the morning.
A few showers will occur in Eastern province while fair weather will prevail...