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Sri Lanka President Dissanayake to visit India in December

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will visit India at the invitation of the Indian government in...

19 Nov 2024 7:33 AM IST

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Stabbing at Chinese school kills 8, injures 17; suspect detained

BEIJING: A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Saturday left eight people dead...

17 Nov 2024 8:02 AM IST

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Sri Lankans vote in parliamentary election

Colombo: Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling...

14 Nov 2024 9:57 AM IST

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Sri Lanka set for parliamentary election, all arrangements in place

Colombo: Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair...

13 Nov 2024 10:34 AM IST

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Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki unleashes towering columns of hot...

Activity at the volcano on the remote island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara province, has increased since Monday’s...

9 Nov 2024 4:00 PM IST

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26 killed in bomb blast in Pakistan

At least 26 people were killed and over 40 others injured in a bomb blast at Quetta's railway station in southwestern...

9 Nov 2024 10:53 AM IST

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5 schoolchildren among 7 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan

"It was an IED (improvised explosive device) used in the blast, and the target apparently was a police mobile parked...

1 Nov 2024 3:37 PM IST

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Militants kill two Pakistan police guarding polio vaccination team

On Monday, health workers launched a week-long vaccine drive aiming to immunise more than 45 million children over the...

29 Oct 2024 4:22 PM IST

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12 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka Navy for alleged illegal...

The fishermen were arrested, and their trawler was seized off the coast of Point Pedro, Jaffna, in the northern...

27 Oct 2024 3:56 PM IST

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Bangladesh protesters seige presidential palace

Dhaka: Protesters in Bangladesh have seiged Banga Bhaban, the presidential palace, demanding the resignation of...

23 Oct 2024 9:51 AM IST

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11 bodies recovered after boat sinks off Myanmar

Yangon: Rescuers have recovered eleven bodies after an overloaded boat carrying around 30 people sank in the Andaman Sea...

21 Oct 2024 1:08 PM IST

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ICT issues arrest warrant for Sheikh Hasina, 45 Awami League leaders

ICT, led by its chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumdar, passed the orders. This decision comes after the prosecution...

17 Oct 2024 5:53 PM IST