COLOMBO: At least 300,000 Sri Lankans will leave their crisis-hit country for overseas jobs this year, with most of them choosing to work in Gulf countries, the Bureau of Foreign Employment said on Tuesday. More than 152,000 Sri Lankan workers have left the country since the
ISLAMABAD: A 3-day Gandhara Symposium 2023 is going to be organized in Islamabad from 11-13th July 2023. The event will bring together scholars, researchers, practitioners and experts in the area to open dialogue on intercultural collaboration, the potential that the rich ruins and history of
KOLKATA: Polls-related violence in India's West Bengal has resulted in the tragic loss of at least 10 lives over the weekend, disrupting the ongoing election in the state where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party aims to clinch power following their defeat in 2021. As a result
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has decided to hold hearings on a set of petitions against the abrogation of Article 370, which provides Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir (IIOJK) a special status, on a daily basis from August 2, local media reported on Tuesday. On
LONDON: President Joe Biden is embarking on a brief visit to the UK in an effort to reinforce the strong relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. The highlight of his visit will be meetings with King Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Climate
GENEVA: In the wake of a condemnable incident of the desecration of the Quran in Sweden, the Human Rights Council is set to debate a contentious draft proposal on religious hatred on Tuesday (tomorrow). The initiative has underscored major rifts in the UN body and challenged
BRUSSELS: Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead. Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, working with a data scientist from Germany’s Tübingen University, used Russian government data to shed
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: India’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of US arms are less about shifting its reliance on Russian defence equipment and moving towards the West – it's more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say. India is the world's biggest arms importer but
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has framed charges against six persons for allegedly burning a Muslim man alive during the February 2020 violence in the city, PTI reported. Communal violence had broken out in North East Delhi between February 23 and February 26, 2020, as supporters
NEW DELHI: At least 22 people were reported dead as the torrential monsoon rains lashed northern India, causing landslides and flash floods in the region, authorities and local media said on Monday. New Delhi schools were closed considering the threat posed by the heavy rains, while