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Samagi Jana Balawegaya Kurunegala District Parliamentarian J.C.Alawathuwala addressing a media briefing said that a famine is in the offing in the country. “This is a very dangerous situation. This situation will be seen in the coming…

WorldSocial media images showed huge hailstones which fell in Queensland yesterday.Tags: Print EditionAUSTRALIA: A tropical north Australian town has been pounded by “record-breaking” hailstones the size of mangoes or grapefruit, with…

The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Justice chaired by the Justice Minister M. U. M. Ali Sabry, PC agreed upon presenting two Bills and Regulations in Parliament today (October 21). Accordingly, the Youthful Offenders (Training…

WorldA man is seen in front of burning tyres during a general strike launched by several professional associations and companies to denounce insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday.Tags: Print EditionHAITI: A Haitian gang that…

WorldPrivately held shares of Elon Musk’s rocket company are being boosted by its satellite ambitions. Tags: Print EditionUS: Elon Musk has already become the world’s richest person on the ascendancy of Tesla Inc. But it will be…

WorldQueen Elizabeth II believes age is just a number.Tags: Print EditionUK: Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch. But don’t call her an oldie. The 95-year-old queen has politely declined the honor…

WorldA man watches a TV screen showing an image of North Korea’s ballistic missile launched from a submarine on Tuesday, during a news programme at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Tags: Print EditionJAPAN, KOREA: After…

WorldA woman wades through the floodwaters in Nepal’s Lalitpur District on Tuesday.Tags: Print EditionNEPAL: Incessant rains followed by flooding and landslides continuing from Sunday have created havoc in Nepal. Nepal’s Ministry of…

WorldVeiled women covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for the Islamists’ policies in Kabul recently. Tags: Print…

18 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information