Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa prorogued the country’s Parliament until January 18 before he left for Singapore in the midst of mounting setbacks for the government arising out of a crippling foreign exchange crunch that has left…

Kabul, Dec 13: India will host Afghanistan for three-match One-Day International series in March next year, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Monday.  The ACB put out their Future Tour Program (FTP) for 2022-23, which…

Gen. Bipin Rawat was an extraordinary military leader, and his death creates a void that cannot be filled, said the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. He was speaking on the occasion of review of the Passing Out Parade of the Indian…

Johannesburg, Dec 7 (UNI) Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced a 21-member squad for the three-match Test series against India, which is set to take place from December 26 to January 15, 2022. The series will form part of the…

Mumbai, Dec 6: Team India reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test team rankings after winning the two-match series against New Zealand on Monday. India registered a mammoth 372-run victory over Blackcaps on fourth day of the second Test…

India’s Test series in South Africa will commence at the Centurion on Boxing Day, Cricket South Africa has confirmed. As per the revised itinerary, India will play three Tests and as many ODIs during their tour of South Africa, while the…

Kolkata, Dec 6: Sanjiv Mehta, CMD, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)  will take over at the conclusion of FICCI’s 94th Annual General Meeting on December 18 next. Mr Mehta, currently, the Senior Vice President of FICCI, will be succeeding…

Colombo says it expects Pakistan authorities to take required action over lynching of Sri Lankan national

New Delhi, Nov 30 (UNI) Sri Lankan High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Tuesday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here and explored avenues of further augmenting defence and security cooperation with India. In a tweet, the Sri Lankan…

Sri Lanka’s former police chief Pujith Jayasundera was on Monday indicted with 855 charges of criminal negligence for failing to act despite receiving prior intelligence warnings in the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack that killed nearly…

In one of the most bizarre dismissals you’ll ever see on a cricket pitch, Sri Lankan allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva knocked the bails off the stump with his bat while trying to save the ball from bouncing back on the wickets in the first…

Chennai, Nov 22 (UNI) Officials of the Air Customs Intelligence (AIU) Unit today seized 1.22 kg gold worth Rs 54.87 lakh and other goods to the tune of Rs 3.86 lakh in two separate incidents at the Anna international airport. A release…

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s first diplomatic posting was in India and he developed such a special connection that even 50 years later, he tells the Indian people that half of his “heart belongs in their country”. Ban also…

Our ancient Rajniti Shastra Guru, Acharya Chankya  had long  pronounced his  basic treatise for good  governance,  in his oft-repeated quote-- 'A Raja should rule his Praja efficiently and successfully by applying the Four  tools :Saam,…

DUBAI: Major cricket event will return to Pakistan after more than two decades with the country set to host the 2025 Champions Trophy, an ICC flagship tournament. The ICC board on Tuesday awarded the hosting rights of the 2025 Champions…

Colombo, Nov 16 (UNI/Xinhua) Sri Lankan government has endorsed the use of Molnupiravir, the first oral antiviral pill to treat patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the country's health minister said Tuesday. Quoted in local media reports,…

New Delhi, Nov 15 (UNI) Fully vaccinated travellers from 99 countries, including the US, UK, UAE, Qatar, France and Germany, have been exempted from mandatory quarantine on arrival in India, according to an updated notification by the Union…

Dubai, Nov 13 (UNI) There has not been any media glimmer on Aaron Finch and Kane Williamson in the T20 World Cup thus far due to their poor batting display, but they will be the cynosure of the fans when they walk into the middle for the…

Madurai, Nov 12 (UNI) The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday quashed the First Information Report (FIR) against Tamil film director Pa.Ranjith for making controversial remarks on Emperor Raja Raja Cholan of the Chola dynasty.…