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February 21, 2025 8:59 PM February 21, 2025 8:59 PM
Headline inflation in Sri Lanka, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index, dropped to minus 4 percent in January. The year-on-year inflation was recorded at minus 2 percent in December. According to data released by Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics, inflation has remained in n...
February 21, 2025 4:08 PM February 21, 2025 4:08 PM
India’s participation in IDEX and NAVDEX 2025 concludes today, reaffirming the country’s commitment to global security cooperation, indigenous defence innovation, and strategic partnerships in the international defence landscape. The India Pavilion displayed cutting-edge defence technologies, incl...
February 21, 2025 1:36 PM February 21, 2025 1:36 PM
United States National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to tone down its stance and resume negotiations over a minerals deal with the US. The proposed agreement, which reportedly seeks a 50 per cent share of Ukraine’s natural resources, was initially prese...
February 21, 2025 1:04 PM February 21, 2025 1:04 PM
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong today warned international airlines operating between Australia and New Zealand to be cautious of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea. Mr Wong confirmed that three Chinese warships are carrying out drills off Australia’s east coas...
February 21, 2025 11:16 AM February 21, 2025 11:16 AM
Bangladesh is observing the historic Language Day named ‘Amar Ekushey' today, paying tribute to the martyrs who laid their lives during the language movement in 1952 demanding Bangla as the official language for then East Pakistan. Scores of students were killed on this day in 1952 when Pakistani fo...
February 21, 2025 1:47 PM February 21, 2025 1:47 PM
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) today said that one of the bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any of the hostages held in Gaza. The IDF said that one of the four bodies returned from Gaza was not that of hostage Shiri Bibas, contradicting claims made by the terrorist group Hamas. The IDF fur...
February 21, 2025 10:49 AM February 21, 2025 10:49 AM
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In Israel, a series of explosions on buses were reported yesterday. The blasts tore through at least three buses in a parking lot in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv. No injuries were reported, however, transportation across the country was temporarily halted. The incidents occurred just hours after the Pales...
February 21, 2025 8:06 AM February 21, 2025 8:06 AM
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United States President Donald Trump's loyalist Kash Patel has been elected as the 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is America's premier federal law enforcement agency. The Senate narrowly voted to confirm Mr Patel's appointment last night. In a social media post, Mr ...
February 20, 2025 10:03 PM February 20, 2025 10:03 PM
Dhaka and New Delhi both agreed to have "good working relations" by removing the remaining problems, said Foreign Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh Touhid Hossain on Thursday. "We—both sides—agreed that we need to reach a good working relationship," Hossain told reporters in Dhaka, referring to his re...
February 20, 2025 9:52 PM February 20, 2025 9:52 PM
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Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said that India has used innovations to become one of the most powerful nations in the world. Delivering the keynote address at the Innovation Island Summit organised by the Observer Research Foundation in Colombo, Mr. Dissanayake said that Sri Lanka ...
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