Sacramento, California Local News
Mark Tully, BBC correspondent known as the ‘voice of India,’ dies at 90
[ad_1] Mark Tully, a longtime BBC correspondent who was widely known as the “voice of India” for his reporting on the South Asian nation,…
Tag: Sri Lanka
World News
Asia-Pacific envoys honor foreign workers killed in Oct 7 attacks
[ad_1] Ambassadors and representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region gathered Sunday at Kibbutz Be’eri for a memorial honoring foreign workers who were killed in…
Breaking News
Nepal’s Violent Gen Z Uprising
[ad_1] On the morning of September 6th, a black S.U.V. carrying a provincial minister from Nepal’s ruling party ran over an eleven-year-old girl, Usha…
Travel
AP PHOTOS: Performers bring Hindu gods to life in the Ramleela
[ad_1] NEW DELHI (AP) — 23-year old Ashutosh Agnihotri has been playing god this week. Ahead of the Dussehra festival, which celebrates the defeat…
Business
Sri Lanka’s plantation workers live on the margins. But politicians still want their votes
[ad_1] SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle…
Sports
First day called off in Afghanistan-New Zealand cricket test due to wet outfield
[ad_1] GREATER NOIDA, India (AP) — A wet outfield at the Greater Noida Sports Complex meant that day one of the solitary Afghanistan-New Zealand…
Breaking News
50 of the world’s best breads | CNN
[ad_1] CNN — What is bread? You likely don’t have to think for long, and whether you’re hungry for a slice of sourdough or…
Politics
Anti-green backlash hovers over COP climate talks
[ad_1] This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. LONDON — World leaders will touch down in Dubai next week for a…
Politics
The smiling face of Chinese interests in the Indo-Pacific: David Cameron
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It is a multi-billion-dollar plan to build a metropolis in…
World News
Photos: How the India-Pakistan cricket match was seen from the stands
[ad_1] Colombo, Sri Lanka – The Asia Cup Super 4 cricket match between India and Pakistan finally reached its conclusion on Monday night, more…
World News
Sri Lanka’s central bank says more rate cuts are needed for economy to ‘bounce back’
[ad_1] Debt-ridden Sri Lanka may need to cut interest rates again to further boost growth in its economy, according to the head of its…
US News
Surgeons Remove World’s Largest Kidney Stone From Retired Soldier
[ad_1] When 62-year-old Canistus Coonghe went in for surgery on June 1, he probably didn’t think he’d come out a Guinness World Record holder.…
World News
Row around Sri Lanka’s holiest tree shows how fake news travels
[ad_1] When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka’s holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo’s cash-strapped government pulled…
World News
IMF is bullish Sri Lanka’s crisis-stricken economy will recover as country gets bailout
[ad_1] A man waves Sri Lanka’s national flag after climbing a tower near presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 11, 2022, after it was…
World News
Sri Lanka’s economy shrank by record 7.8 percent last year
[ad_1] The contraction is the biggest in the crisis-hit island nation’s 75 years of independence. Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit economy shrank by a record 7.8…
World News
Sri Lanka needs institutional changes for long-term debt sustainability, says professor
[ad_1] Mounting frustration over inflation, scarcity and lengthy power cuts brought demonstrators in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Monday. Angry protestors called for…
World News
Sri Lanka may return to growth by yearend, says president
[ad_1] The government wants the country to exit bankruptcy by 2026, President Ranil Wickremesinghe tells Parliament. Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to grow again…
World News
Is debt cancellation the way forward for Sri Lanka?
[ad_1] Colombo, Sri Lanka – More than 180 prominent economists and development experts from around the world have made a global appeal to Sri…
