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A bus slammed into cars and motorbikes after its brakes apparently malfunctioned in Indonesia s West Java province, killing at least 11 people, mostly students, and injuring dozens of others, officials said Sunday. MORE..
12 May 2024 (12:58 PM)
Issuing a statement addressing the growing concerns over the government s plans to sell off national assets and state-owned enterprises (SOEs), former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has states that these actions of the government have given rise to discontent among trade unions, political parties and the general public. MORE..
12 May 2024 (7:28 PM)
The U.S. President Joe Biden s nominee for Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Elizabeth K. Horst, says that if confirmed she will support members of marginalized populations, accountability, truth and reconciliation, and transparency and justice in Sri Lanka. MORE..
11 May 2024 (7:01 PM)
As the Olympic flame touched down in France from Greece, excitement brewed for the relay involving 10,000 torchbearers, representing diverse stories of achievement. Among them shines a Paris-based, Sri Lankan-born baker Tharshan Selvarajah who only arrived in France for the first time in 2006. MORE..
11 May 2024 (11:20 PM)
The Meteorology Department warns that thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Colombo, Gampaha, Puttalam, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi and Polonnaruwa districts today (12). MORE..
12 May 2024 (8:34 PM)
