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Samagi Jana Balavega MP Dilip Wedaarachchi sat in the middle of the House during the budget debate and started a fast to demand relief for the fishermen. There was a heated situation in the parliament. However, the presiding member will...

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia's main island Java on Monday, killing at least 44 people and injuring hundreds, local officials said, with buildings damaged and a landslide triggered. The quake was centred in the Cianjur region of West Java,...

The President's Secretary Mr. Saman Ekanayake has sent a letter to all the secretaries of the ministries informing them that no state ministries have been formed yet and that they should be considered as a unit of the cabinet ministry....

Mr. Chandra Fernando, Chairman of the Police Commission, said that he did not go to see Mr. Basil Rajapaksa; he was staying in Katunayake at that time and went to find out what was happening at that place due to...

Opposition leader Mr. Sajith Premadasa presented six solutions in Parliament today (21) to take the country to the right path. The solutions were presented by correctly tabulating information evidence and data. He said that by increasing the accommodation tax from...

Mr. Kumar Gunaratnam, the leader of Vanguard Samajwadi Party, said that the general election and the referendum for a new populist constitution should be held at the same time. Attending a press conference, he pointed out that once again the...

It’s the biggest sporting event in the world, so understandably millions of people around the world are talking about it. Not for reasons you might think, though, which begs the question: why celebrities and countries are boycotting the Qatar FIFA...

Two prominent Iranian actresses have been arrested for publicly supporting mass anti-government protests, the country's state-run media reports. Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi are accused of collusion and acting against Iran's authorities, Irna news agency says. Both women earlier appeared...

Embattled leader Fumio Kishida could be further weakened by departure of internal affairs minister. Japan’s internal affairs minister has resigned in connection with a funding scandal, becoming the third cabinet member to leave in less than a month in a...

A 23-year-old first-year medical student's tragic story You brought happiness to our lives, daughter. You are my greatest achievement in the world. Since the birth of my daughter, my life has become brighter. Since then, the value of our lives...