Sri Lanka

Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka’s President at Buddhist temple

7:04 pm November 18, 2019

Colombo: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new President on Monday at an ancient Buddhist temple, thanked the Sinhala majority for their overwhelming support and reached out to the jittery Tamil and Muslim minorities by promising to protect them though many of them did not vote for him. The former defence secretary, […]

Lanka PM appeals to people to vote peacefully and maintain law & order

8:23 pm November 15, 2019

Colombo: On the eve of Sri Lankan presidential polls, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe urged the people to vote peacefully and maintain law and order to ensure a free and fair election. There are 15.9 million eligible voters who will choose a successor to President Maithripala Sirisina on Saturday. There are a record 35 candidates vying […]

UN Women to partner with Kerala’s Gender Park

10:44 pm November 13, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: UN Women has proposed to partner with Kerala’s Gender Park to take forward projects and campaigns aimed at securing gender parity in South Asia. Setting the context for the tie-up, officials of the UN Women multi-country office (MCO) had a meeting with Kerala Minister for Health and Social Justice K K Shylaja at UN […]

Cinema only spreads love and connects people: Majumder

3:21 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The ruling class, irrespective of political affiliations, is always scared of cinema despite the fact that it “only spreads love and connects people”, renowned film critic and curator Premendra Majumder wondered. He rued that nowadays most of the film festivals have just become a “business platform” to sell movies. “I don’t know why all […]

Rohit Sharma clears fitness test at Bengaluru's NCA

Rohit receives blow on left thigh ahead of first T20

6:48 pm November 1, 2019

New Delhi: India captain Rohit Sharma was hit on his left thigh while taking throwdowns here on Friday, forcing him to leave the net session ahead of Sunday’s T20 International against Bangladesh. Rohit, who will lead India in the three-match series in Virat Kohli’s absence, received the blow early into the net session. After a […]