[ad_1] Reports claim soldiers in Myanmar have admitted to killing and torturing civilians. A report by the BBC said it had interviewed soldiers who had defected to a local civilian...
[ad_1] Sri Lankan armed forces raided a camp set up by anti-government protesters in the capital Colombo, media reported on Friday (July 22). This comes a day after Ranil Wickremesinghe...
[ad_1] The UN Country Team called for an “immediate cessation” to the election-related violence amidst a deteriorating security situation in the Highlands region of the southwest Pacific island, with Government sources confirming...
[ad_1] A 47-year-old Nepali sherpa has set a climbing record by scaling all the world's 14 peaks that are higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) for a second time, his...
[ad_1] The six-time former prime minister and veteran leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the eighth President of Sri Lanka on Thursday amid mass protests seeking his ouster. Supreme...
[ad_1] An Indian fishing trawler and six fishermen were arrested by Sri Lanka’s Fast Attack Craft force of the Northern Naval Command for illegal fishing in the seas of Mannar,...
[ad_1] Former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected to be Sri Lanka’s president by country’s parliament on July 20. He will succeed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country amid...
[ad_1] To what extent China is responsible for the economic crisis in Sri Lanka? Bill Burns, who is the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), on Wednesday (July 20)...
[ad_1] “Sri Lanka’s economic collapse needs immediate global attention, not just from humanitarian agencies, but from international financial institutions, private lenders and other countries who must come to the country’s...
[ad_1] The UNAMA findings, confirm many of the concerns voiced over the direction of human rights under the Taliban 11 months ago, after foreign forces pulled-out and the elected government...
[ad_1] Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe won the presidential elections conducted by the Parliament on Thursday after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled abroad amidst intense agitation over the economic crisis. He...
[ad_1] A 21-year-old American woman was allegedly gang-raped by her “guide” and his accomplice in Pakistan’s Punjab province, prompting condemnation from the US embassy. According to police, the crime took...
[ad_1] Five years after the Indian and Chinese troops faced off at the Doklam plateau—an area surrounded by India, China and Bhutan—new satellite images have come to the fore indicating...
[ad_1] Ahead of the presidential elections in Sri Lanka, former cricketing legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday (July 19) urged the members of parliament to "choose wisely". The crisis-hit country will...
[ad_1] In order to revive the hard-hit tourism sector, Nepal Government has begun providing skill training to locals in the tourism business. Nepal’s tourism and hospitality industry continues to face...
[ad_1] After former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf won landslide victory in Punjab by-polls, party's secretary general Asad Umar said that current Pakistan Prime Minister would soon get...
[ad_1] The stage is set for a three way fight to be the next president of Sri Lanka. The country is facing an unprecedented economic crisis that has seen acute...
[ad_1] Imran Khan, a former prime minister of Pakistan, has reaffirmed his appeal for early elections in the wake of his party's winning a key provincial assembly in a surprise...
[ad_1] Requesting the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services, Sri Lankan acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the absence of a proper Easter Sunday investigation has meant...
[ad_1] Amid diplomatic talks with Russia to supply fuel, Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) have reduced the retail price. Local media...
[ad_1] Sri Lanka emergency: Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's acting President has declared a state of emergency. A government notice released late on Sunday (July 17) bears the declaration. The decision...
[ad_1] After months of seething resentment over the nation’s economic collapse and expulsion of Gotabaya Rajapaksa after thousands of protesters stormed Rajapaksa’s and other officials’ residences. Although, most of the...
[ad_1] All of the major local media outlets are reporting that Imran Khan, the nation's former prime minister, is leading the PTI in 17 of the 20 provincial seats as...
[ad_1] As Nepal continues to struggle with dwindling foreign exchange reserves, the South Asian country's government has taken the decision to extend its complete ban on the import of ten...
[ad_1] Under Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brothers' tenure, Sri Lankans endured chronic gasoline and diesel shortages as well as skyrocketing costs for staples like bread and vegetables for months. Now,...
[ad_1] Maryam Nawaz, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), has said that fighting between the two mainstream political parties is not in the best interest of Pakistan. Maryam, who...
[ad_1] Sri Lankan parliament was convened on Saturday where the resignation of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was read. In the letter, he defended himself and listed the reasons why the...
[ad_1] In a statement issued on Friday on behalf of the UN in Sri Lanka, Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer, said that it was “imperative that the transition of power is accompanied by broad and...
[ad_1] Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the caretaker president until the Parliament elects Gotabaya Rajapaksa's successor. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the acting president of Sri Lanka...
[ad_1] After a state of emergency was declared in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Sri Lankan Army on Thursday (July 14) issued a diktat, granting its soldiers permission to wield...