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The International Monetary Fund released about $1.1 billion to Pakistan as part of its seventh and eighth reviews of the country's bailout programme helping it avoid a Sri Lanka-like default crisis. The IMF also agreed to extend the programme by...

China has been keen to expand its influence in central Asia through the Pakistan-Afghanistan route & has made strategic investments in the two nations. Having made significant investments in the conflict-prone Pakistan-Afghanistan region as part of its hugely ambitious Belt...

Political sources confirm that there will be a big change of seats in Parliament tomorrow. The sources confirm that with this upheaval, the number of representatives of the ruling party and the opposition will change significantly. It is also known...

The police arrested two hapless people who participated in today's "Antare" protest . Protest saw many participants.  However  the police arrested several people who participated in it. A tense situation was created at the protest area..

The police raided the peace center this evening in search of Lahiru Weerasekera, a former convener of Antare. A very tensed situation arose due to the strong protest of the people present there.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm belief that Bangladesh will never fall into a Sri Lanka-like situation as a result of its development spree, but will instead continue to move forward, overcoming all global challenges, according to BSS....

Albert Einstein once said, "Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be kept by understanding." An initiative that took center stage at the Lionel Wendt Arts Center recently. Haasinee Halpe Andree together with her choirs, Choral Spectrum and...

The editor of the 'Lankasara' website, Janaka Liyanaarachchi, has been called to the Computer Crime Division of the Criminal Investigation Department today to inquire about a report published on the celebration ceremony of the 156th Police Day celebrations. This is...

Police fired tear gas and water cannons at the protest march organized by the Inter-University Student Union in the Deans Road area of Maradana. According to the police sources, there is a heavy traffic jam in the area.

It is reported that two people who were once close friends of the former president are not even answering the calls received from the former president from Bangkok, Thailand these days. It is said that these two persons in Colombo...