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Health Ministry to pay Rs.3.5bn for take over of NFTH

The Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine will soon take over the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH) at Malabe by paying a sum of Rs. 3.5 billion, மேலும் படிக்க...

Indian minister steps up calls to deport illegal immigrants

New Delhi will deport all illegal immigrants found in the country, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Wednesday. The warning signaled a மேலும் படிக்க...

Video released on Iran’s state TV shows seized fuel tanker matches MT Riah

Iran's state TV English-language channel has released a video of a ship seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces accused of smuggling fuel out of the மேலும் படிக்க...

Trump says US warship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions

 A US warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said.  The incident marked a மேலும் படிக்க...

Fishermen at sea advised to return to land

Fishing communities who have set off to the Southern, South Western and Western seas are to return to the nearest harbor, advised the Sri Lanka Navy. This is மேலும் படிக்க...

Kalu Ganga rising to flood level

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) says that the water level of the Kalu Ganga is currently rising to ‘Flood Level’. People living in downstream areas மேலும் படிக்க...

Former Pakistani PM Abbasi arrested by anti-graft agency

Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, drawing a furious response from opposition parties, which மேலும் படிக்க...

Ankara faces new wave of biting sanctions, now from Europe

The European Council’s decision to impose sanctions on Turkey over its drilling activities in disputed offshore territories in the eastern Mediterranean has மேலும் படிக்க...

Iran state TV: Iranian forces seize foreign oil tanker, crew

Iran’s state TV says Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign tanker with 12 crew accused of smuggling oil. The seizure comes as tensions mount between மேலும் படிக்க...

Man arrested for raping differently abled woman in TN

Police here arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly raping a 20-year-old differently abled woman in Thanjavur district yesterday. According to a press மேலும் படிக்க...