Global Covid-19 cases breach 72-million mark from 70 mn in just two daysThe United States continues to be the worst-affected by the pandemic with its tally surpassing 16 million and deaths due to the pathogen ne...
World Covid-19 caseload breaches 68 million markThe global caseload stands at 68,161,156 while the number of fatalities stands at 1,555,138, as reported by the COVID-19 Dashboard by the C...
Global COVID-19 cases breach 67.5-million markAs per the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at JHU, the global tally stood at 67,535,605 as of 6.56 am ...
Global COVID-19 cases top 54 millionAccording to the JHU, more than 34.7 million people have recovered from the disease, while the COVID-19 global death toll is nearing 1,313,...
After Harvard & MIT, Johns Hopkins sues Trump administration on ruling on foreign studentsOn Monday, the Trump administration announced new rules for international students for the upcoming fall semester that requires them to tak...
Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest Sri Lanka parliamentary polls under Sirisena coalitionRajapaksa will contest parliamentary elections as a member of the ruling UPFA coalition of Sirisena whose poll victory had ended his own ru...
Narendra Modi's 13th Amendment call gets mixed reactions in Sri Lanka"We believe that early and full implementation of the 13th Amendment and going beyond it would contribute to this process," the Prime Minis...
Modi's 13th Amendment call gets mixed reactions in LankaWickremabahu Karunaratne, a Sinhala politician representing the old Marxist socialist stream, said Modi's call was very timely.
Mahinda Rajapaksa - Hero of LTTE war retires hurt after two inningsRajapaksa's tenure saw economy growing with many infra projects rolled out but charges of corruption & presence of his brothers in cabinet ...
Rajapaksa's key ally pledges support to oppositionThe JHU signed a pact with Maithripala Sirisena, after other opposition groups had entered into a similar pact with the common candidate.
Rajapaksa's challenger signs pact with opposition partiesMaithripala Sirisena signed a pact with opposition parties and civil society groups to scrap country's "dictatorial" presidential form of g...
Defections a conspiracy, won't be deterred: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda RajapaksaMahinda Rajapaksa, who enjoys support among the Sinhalese majority, claimed he had freed the island from terrorism & given unprecedented de...
Snap presidential polls in Sri Lanka on January 8, 2015Under the constitution, the president may call elections four years into a term. The Supreme Court upheld this law earlier this month, pavi...
Key ally of Mahinda Rajapaksa quits Sri Lanka's ruling coalitionJathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) or National Heritage Party said they were quitting the Rajapaksa-led UPFA coalition government.
I am no Indian choice to be north CM, says C V WigneswaranSri Lanka's retired Supreme Court judge C V Wigneswaran has dismissed reports that he won the position because of backing by India.
- Sri Lanka calls for Indian protection to Lankans
Sri Lanka asks India to provide necessary security to Lankan people and property there following continued protests especially in Tamil Nad...
'Sri Lanka should re-think economic ties with India'A coalition partner in the Sri Lankan government said that Colombo should stop according any preferential trade treatment to New Delhi.