COLOMBO, April 16 -- Nine Chinese nationals were arrested at Sri Lanka's main international airport on Thursday (16) while attempting to smuggle in communication equipment allegedly intended for cyber... Read More
COLOMBO, April 15 -- Sri Lanka has repatriated 238 Iranian sailors stranded in the South Asian country after one of their warships wastorpedoed by a US submarine, a minister told AFP on Wednesday (15)... Read More
COLOMBO, April 15 -- Former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has alleged that irregularities linked to National Development Bank (NDB) may extend beyond a single institution, potentially involving b... Read More
COLOMBO, April 10 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a further $700 million in loans for Sri Lanka on Thursday (9), while urging Colombo to accelerate reforms to guard its post-2022 eco... Read More
DHAKA, April 10 -- Rocking her baby to soothe his searing pain and gasping breaths, 18-year-old Rubia Akhtar Brishti recounts how her son nearly died in Bangladesh's deadly measles outbreak. "The boy... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 10 -- By AFP teams in Islamabad, Tehran, Jerusalem, Beirut, Washington and Dubai ISLAMABAD - Pakistan was poised on Friday (10) to host Iranian and US delegations for negotiations in... Read More
COLOMBO, April 9 -- Women outnumber men by more than 750,000 in Sri Lanka, according to the final report of the 2024 Census of Population and Housing, which also showed the country's population has gr... Read More
BEIRUT, April 9 -- President Donald Trump has said US troops deployed near Iran will remain stationed in the area, and will start "shooting" again unless Tehran fully complies with the deal it reached... Read More