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November 11, 2024 12:43 PM
A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Sri Lanka next week for the third review of the island nation’s financing programme. The team, led by IMF Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, will assess Sri Lanka’s economic policies, progress on ongoing reforms, and the implemen...
November 11, 2024 12:40 PM
The India-Sri Lanka ferry services between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai have been halted due to bad weather. Director of IndSri Ferry Service, Niranjan Nandagopan, told Akashvani that with poor chances of operating the ferry this month and the start of the monsoon season, the ferry service had to...
November 11, 2024 12:09 PM
In Bangladesh, workers of five garment factories in Gazipur have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for the 3rd consecutive day, demanding payment of outstanding wages and allowances, as well as the reopening of closed factories. The blockade caused severe traffic congestion on about 20 kilometres...
November 11, 2024 11:03 AM
US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephonic conversation recently. Mr Trump urged the Russian President to avoid any escalation in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. During the phone call, Mr. Trump expressed an interest in fostering further discussions with ...
November 11, 2024 10:55 AM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly acknowledged for the first time that Israel carried out mass pager detonation attacks in Lebanon, along with the operation that led to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's death, according to Media sources in Israel. The operation, which occurred in Se...
November 11, 2024 10:16 AM
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck eastern Cuba last night, causing widespread damage in Santiago de Cuba and surrounding areas. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake’s epicentre was along Cuba's southeastern coast in Granma province. The earthquake shook buildings in ...
November 11, 2024 7:00 AM
At least 24 people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike today, in southern and eastern Lebanon. According to Lebanon's National News Agency, most of the casualties resulted from Israeli attacks on towns and villages in the city of Baalbek. Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its figh...
November 10, 2024 9:37 PM
In the United States, Republican nominee Donald Trump has won Arizona, completing the party's sweep of all seven swing states in the presidential elections held on the 5th of this month. Arizona, which holds 11 electoral votes, was the last battleground to declare its result, putting Trump’s total...
November 10, 2024 8:51 PM
In Bangladesh, the advisory council of the interim government, headed by Prof. Muhammad Yunus, expanded this evening with the oath-taking of three new advisers. With this, the interim government now comprises 24 advisers. President, Mohammed Shahabuddin, administered the oath to the new ad...
November 10, 2024 9:34 PM
Russia and Ukraine exchanged record numbers of drone strikes overnight. Moscow launched a total of 145 drones last night, the most ever in a single night-time attack of the war. Ukraine fired an unprecedented 34 drones towards the Moscow region today. It is the biggest drone strike on the ...
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