How a Tamil Nadu man lived free at 300 luxury hotels
A 69-year-old man from Tamil Nadu has been arrested for allegedly cheating more than 300 luxury hotels across India overContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka Prison riot kills 26, wounds more than 100
(AFP)-Clashes in a Sri Lankan jail killed 26 people, including seven guards, and wounded more than 100 in the country’sContinue Reading
Sri Lanka says former spy chief ‘directed’ Easter bombings
COLOMBO (AFP)- Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister told Parliament on June 10 that the nation’s former intelligence chief directed the 2019 Easter Sunday attack, inContinue Reading
Sri Lanka jails ex-Minister in anti graft drive
(AFP)-Sri Lanka sentenced a former deputy minister to 16 years in prison for graft on Tuesday, as it intensifies aContinue Reading
Sri Lanka jolts markets with outsized 100-b.p rate hike to counter Gulf crisis
COLOMBO, May 26 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s central bank stunned markets by raising its benchmark policy rate by an outsizedContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Cricket finances ‘greater than feared’; interim chief
(AFP)-Financial irregularities surrounding Sri Lankan cricket were far worse than feared, government-appointed administrators said Thursday, promising a full accounting andContinue Reading
Middle East conflict hits Sri Lanka’s tea industry, heightens economic strain
COLOMBO, May 21 (Reuters) – Tea factory worker Jacintha Malar once relied on cooking gas to prepare meals for herContinue Reading
Israeli minister Ben Gvir sparks outcry over video of bound flotilla activists
(AFP)-Israel’s far-right national security minister posted a video on Wednesday, May 20, showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneelingContinue Reading
India scrambles to steady rupee as oil shock bites
(AFP)-India is scrambling to salvage a sinking rupee as surging oil prices linked to the Middle East conflict threaten toContinue Reading
Authorities search waters in the Maldives for bodies of Italians who died in cave dive accident
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldivian authorities conducted a high-risk search Friday for the bodies of four Italian divers who diedContinue Reading
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