International

June 7, 2025 9:12 AM

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Muslim Community across Sri Lanka Celebrates Eid-ul-Adha with Religious Fervour

The Muslim community across Sri Lanka is celebrating Eid-ul-Adha today with religious fervour, marking one of the holiest occasions in the Islamic calendar. Devotees gathered at mosques early in the morning to offer Eid prayers. In Colombo, the District Masjid Federation coordinated special arrangem...

June 6, 2025 10:17 PM

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Bangladesh’s Interim leader Muhammad Yunus announces elections next year

      Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, announced that the country’s next national elections will be held in the first half of April next year. Delivering a televised address to the nation on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, Dr. Yunus said the Election Commission will...

June 6, 2025 7:11 PM

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Russian air defence systems neutralise Ukrainian drone & missile attacks

Russian air defence systems ​have intercepted and shot down 174 Ukrainian drones​. ​The Russian Defence Ministry has claimed ​ that the air defence systems ​ intercepted and destroyed ​t​he Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Bryansk, Rostov, Saratov, ...

June 6, 2025 4:30 PM

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US: Judge temporarily holds President Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign entries

A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University. The university had filed a legal challenge urging the court to block the Trump administration's order, terming it illegal. A U.S....

June 6, 2025 11:49 AM

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US Senators introduce bill to boost Quad space cooperation

In US, Quad Space Act of 2025 have been introduced to strengthen Quad space cooperation. The bill introduced by Senators Kevin Cramer and Michael Bennet would direct US Secretary of Defence to initiate discussions with Quad nations to identify mutual areas of interest about the formulation of practi...

June 5, 2025 9:43 PM

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US, Russia hold  fourth telephonic conversation on Ukraine conflict

  US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the situation in the Middle East in a telephonic conversation yesterday. President Putin conceded the talks would not lead to immediate peace in Ukraine, and warned that Russia would...