Voting begins to elect Sri Lanka's new President

Colombo (IANS) A week after people's elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid massive public protests and protesters storming his house and office, the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament is voting to elect a new President.

Wickremsinghe among 3 leaders in race for Sri Lankan President post

Colombo (IANS) Three leaders, including Prime Minister-turned-acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, are to contest in the first-ever race for Sri Lanka's Presidency on Wednesday.

Wickremesinghe is to compete with the support of the section…

11 injured, 3 missing in gas explosion in Beijing

Beijing (IANS) A gas explosion in an apartment building in north China's Tianjin has left 11 people injured and three others missing on Tuesday, local authorities said.

The explosion, which took place at around 7:15 a.m. in Beichen District,…

Emergency declared in Sri Lanka

Colombo (IANS) Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday.

Acting President Wickremesinghe declared the emergency in the interests of public security, the protection…

Ukraine war: Zelenskyy suspends security chief, top prosecutor

Kiev (IANS) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suspended the head of Ukraine's spy agency (SBU) and the prosecutor general in the wake of treason cases in the two organisations.

President Zelenskyy on Sunday suspended Ivan Bakanov…

Nepal extends ban on import of 10 types of goods to save forex

Kathmandu (IANS) The Nepali government is extending a complete ban on the import of 10 types of products till the end of August, as the country still struggles against a dwindling foreign exchange reserve.

As per the notice published in Nepal…

Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as interim President of Sri Lanka

Colombo (IANS) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn-in as the interim President

of the island nation on Friday.

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe was sworn-in before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Daily Mirror reported.

First I2U2 projects to promote agriculture, food, green energy in India

New York (IANS) The first projects of the I2U2 will be located in India and help with agriculture, food and green energy, according to the joint statement of the four leaders after the group's launch.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Ethnic strife in Pak as Sindhi nationalists attack shops, hotels owned by Pashtuns

Islamabad (IANS) Ethnic tensions flared up in several Sindh districts of Pakistan following the killing of 35-year-old Bilal Kaka at a hotel in Hyderabad a couple of days ago, local media reported.

A 35-year-old man was killed and five of his…

SL's acting President says he would limit powers of future Presidents

Colombo (IANS) Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was sworn in as Acting President of Sri Lanka, on Friday assured that he would reintroduce the 19th Amendment to the Constitution to clip extraordinary powers of future Presidents.

Wickremesinghe, who…