Colombo: April 6, 2014, The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Pakistan, General Rashad Mahmood, NI (M), will be arriving in Sri Lanka today on his first overseas visit after taking over as CJCSC.
AirAsia, a regional airline serving Malaysia and Southeast Asia, is pulling its inflight magazine after a column boasted that its well-trained pilots would never lose a plane — drawing controversy on social media.
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) said nearly all areas in the former war-affected region have been cleared of landmines. Only 82 square kilometers are remaining to be demined.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 5, 2014) – The United Nations said it is alarmed by the poor conditions of tens of thousands of war refugees still at different filthy evacuation centers and transition sites in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Anja Niedringhaus, a courageous and immensely talented Associated Press photographer who has covered everything from sports to war, was killed while covering elections in Afghanistan on Friday.
The Government of Sri Lanka is deeply appreciative of the recent generous donation of 200 metric tonnes of dates by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the people of Sri Lanka. As desired by the donor, the dates would be distributed in Read More
New Ambassadors and High Commissioners Present Credentials to President Rajapaksa Two new ambassadors, a high commissioner and the diplomatic representative from the Vatican presented their credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (04) afternoon:
Sri Lanka ranks 85th among the 132 countries on the Social Progress Index 2014, a measure of human wellbeing that goes beyond traditional economic measures such as GDP or per capita income, becoming the top performers for the region, a global index released Thursday 03rd April 2014.
Cuba has vented fury over the US government’s secretly-funded social media network program meant to instigate political unrest in the Caribbean country.
Russia has denied any links to snipers who killed people in Ukraine’s capital Kiev back in February, blaming pro-EU forces instead.
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