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Sri Lankas new president Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses the media representatives during his visit at the Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Sri Lanka receives medicine consignment from Puducherry for Tamil...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Sunday received a consignment of medicines from the Government of Puducherry to be used for the...

30 Oct 2022 7:58 PM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Partys Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022. - The effect was achieved through varying the lens focal length. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

US will support India against acute forms of gray zone coercion by...

NEW DELHI: The US will support allies like India address acute forms of ‘gray zone coercion’ by China to...

29 Oct 2022 1:11 AM IST

Dark clouds hover in the sky as a fisherman folds his fishing net, ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Sitrang, in South 24 Parganas district. (PTI Photo)(

Cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of people...

At least five people had been killed in the districts of Barguna, Narail, Sirajganj and the island district of Bhola

25 Oct 2022 7:30 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Xi Jinping secures third term as China leader: State media

President Xi was picked as the party-'s general secretary for another five-year term in a closed-door vote

23 Oct 2022 11:31 AM IST

A farmer walks past government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with slogans which reads, Unity Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune, in northwestern Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (AP file photo)

Human rights of people of Xinjiang should be respected and guaranteed:...

NEW DELHI: India on Friday said rights of people in China's Xinjiang region should be "respected and...

7 Oct 2022 7:00 PM IST

A man wears a headband with a slogan against interim Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe as he waves the Sri Lankan national flag near the Presidential secretariat in Colombo (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

India abstains on UNHRC draft resolution on promoting human rights in...

India has stepped up and provided unprecedented assistance to the people of Sri Lanka to face the challenges of the...

6 Oct 2022 9:10 PM IST

Sri Lankan lawyers display placards with slogans demanding the protection of the right of expression during a protest outside courts complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka imposes social media ban after child hunger posts

In a fresh order to state employees, the govt said a long-established ban on speaking to reporters now extends to social...

28 Sept 2022 12:28 PM IST

Finnish President Sauli Niinist¶ addresses the 77th UN General Assembly on September 20, 2022 in New York. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)

India slams Pak on human rights plaint at UN

India termed Sharifâ€™s remarks as -"false accusations-" and -"done to obfuscate misdeeds in his own country-"

25 Sept 2022 9:12 AM IST

New Delhi also denied baseless and speculative reports in a section of the Sri Lankan media about interference on its part in the polls. (Bloomberg)

India continues to be supportive of Sri Lanka in -'all possible...

COLOMBO: India continues to be supportive of Sri Lanka in "all possible ways" for its early economic recovery...

20 Sept 2022 8:42 PM IST

New Delhi also denied baseless and speculative reports in a section of the Sri Lankan media about interference on its part in the polls. (Bloomberg)

India continues to be supportive of Sri Lanka in -'all possible...

COLOMBO: India continues to be supportive of Sri Lanka in "all possible ways" for its early economic recovery...

20 Sept 2022 8:42 PM IST

Biden resumes $450 million aid to keep Pak F-16 jets flying

Biden resumes $450 million aid to keep Pak F-16 jets flying

Trump had banned all military supplies to Pakistan in 2018

8 Sept 2022 10:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Right) with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. (PTI)

Sheikh Hasina lauds PM Modi for assistance during COVID, Ukraine war

The Bangladesh prime minister emphasized on closer cooperation between the two neighbours

4 Sept 2022 11:49 AM IST