32 Sri Lankans migrate every hour
Colombo: Thirty-two Sri Lankans go abroad every hour to escape the serious economic crisis that has gripped the country, the Chairman of the National...
Super typhoon Noru kills 5 in Philippines
Manila: Super typhoon Noru slammed Luzon island in the Philippines with heavy rainfall and winds since Sunday afternoon, leaving five people dead, as it...
UN education fund receives $42 mn from donors
United Nations: Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has received 42 million US dollars in...
Italy opens polls for snap parliamentary elections
Rome: Italy opened polling stations for snap parliamentary elections at 07:00 a.m. local time (05:00 GMT) on Sunday.The citizens are electing 400 members of...
Canada to send military aid to storm-hit eastern region
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his government would deploy armed forces to assist in the recovery of the storm-hit eastern region.After...
Beijing: US sending ‘dangerous signals’ on Taiwan
New York: China has accused the US of sending “very wrong, dangerous signals” on Taiwan after the US secretary of state told his Chinese...
