Today's headlines: Qatar and Bangladesh sign a memorandum on migrant workers. Myanmar’s military retakes a village on the Mon-Karen border. Taiwan denounces Chinese military activities after Blinken's departure. Syrian woman gets seven life sentences over the Istanbul attack of November 2022. Russia has lost its dominant position as India’s main arms supplier.
Additionally, the government has authorised the export of 2000 metric tons of white onions specifically for markets in the Middle East and some European countries, as per the Ministry.
ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri said the Indian corporate giant is looking at opening more hotels globally, after its first property outside India was thrown open on Thursday.
The popularity of hyper-luxe group trips for those in their 30s and 40s has sky-rocketed since COVID. Solo traveller Lydia Swinscoe joined a Flash Pack tour with nine perfect strangers to find out if they’re worth it
On April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday, eight suicide bombers attacked two Catholic churches, a Protestant church, and three luxury hotels, killing 269 people.
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday for a brief state visit aimed at strengthening ties, during which he will also open a $514-million hydropower project. The first visit by an Iranian president to Sri Lanka since an April 2008 trip by its then president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will see the two countries sign five pacts, or Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). Iran agreed to build the hydro power project in 2010 but funds dried up after the release of $50 million, as U.S. sanctions imposed later that year on the Middle East nation made it hard to transfer money, forcing Sri Lanka to fund the rest.
Colombo: Five Indian fishermen who were detained by the Sri Lanka Navy for allegedly fishing in the island nation's waters were on Wednesday repatriated
The head of one of Peel's police met with a Sri Lankan official who had been found by that country’s highest court to have 'participated in the torture' of an arrested man.