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March 21, 2025 9:10 PM

Fire Knocks Out Power at Heathrow, Disrupts 1,350 Flights

The fire near Heathrow Airport in London that knocked out power to one of the world's busiest airports is now under control. The London Fire Brigade has informed this. The closure of the airport would last until midnight. Hundreds of thousands of passengers faced flight cancellations after a fire kn...

March 21, 2025 7:44 PM

Sri Lanka Hosts Tyagaraja Aradhana, Celebrating Carnatic Music Legacy

In Sri Lanka, the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre held a festival of Carnatic music, the Tyagaraja Aradhana, at Saraswati Hall in Colombo. The festival is an annual aradhana of Telugu saint composer Tyagaraja. Saint Tyagaraja attained Jeeva Samadhi in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. The aradhana...

March 21, 2025 4:47 PM

Sri Lanka: 107 Parties, 49 Independents File Nominations for 2025 Local Polls

Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has revealed that 107 registered political parties and 49 independent groups have submitted their nominations. The acceptance of nominations for the 2025 local government election concluded yesterday. Approximately 8,500 individuals across 340 councils are set to be...

March 21, 2025 2:44 PM

Sri Lanka Eases Import Rules to Release Vehicles Stuck at Customs

The Sri Lankan government has amended key import regulations to facilitate the release of vehicles held at Sri Lanka Customs. A special Gazette notification, issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Finance Minister yesterday, simplifies procedures.   The amendments address concerns raised...

March 21, 2025 1:58 PM

International Day of Forests being celebrated with theme ‘Forests & Food’

International Day of Forests is being celebrated today. The theme for this year is "Forests and Food"-emphasizing the vital link between healthy forests and global food security. The United Nations declared March 21 as the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. Since then the day has been cele...

March 21, 2025 11:36 AM

Israel continues ground operations in Gaza as Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv

Hamas has launched rockets at Tel Aviv, marking its first known response since Israel resumed military operations in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said one rocket was intercepted, while the other two landed in uninhabited areas. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry reported that at...

March 21, 2025 11:25 AM

Kirsty Coventry becomes 1st female president of IOC

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry has been elected as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She has become the first female President in IOC history. The 41-year-old Zimbabwean was elected at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece yesterday. President-elect Coventry received 49 v...

March 21, 2025 11:10 AM

US to sign rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine

US President Donald Trump has announced that he will soon sign a rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine. While addressing reporters at the White House yesterday, Trump also revealed that he had signed an executive order to boost the production of critical minerals in the United States.   Mr. T...

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