Sri Lankan filmmakers win Locarno 2018 Open Doors prizes
Award-winning Sri Lankan filmmaker Sanjeewa Pushpakumara’s next film ‘Amma’ (Mother) won the ‘Open Doors’ Grant at the prestigious Locarno Film…
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Sri Lanka improves ranking on JLL’s Global Transparency Index
Global real estate consultancy Jones Lang La Salle (JLL) launched the 10th edition of the Global Real Estate Transparency Index…
Myanmar Rohingya militants massacred Hindus, says Amnesty
Rohingya Muslim militants in Myanmar killed dozens of Hindu civilians during attacks last August, according to an investigation by Amnesty…
Myanmar president Htin Kyaw resigns
The president of Myanmar Htin Kyaw has resigned, his office has announced. No reason was given, but there have been…
The Rohingya children trafficked for sex
Girls in their early teens are being trafficked into prostitution in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, a BBC News investigation…
Gandhi slams Modi over Chinese presence in Indian Ocean region
The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of exercising a personalised foreign policy which eroded India’s international credibility,…
Myanmar donates 300 tons of rice to Sri Lankan flood victims
The government of Myanmar and the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) have donated 300 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka’s flood…
Children increasingly used as weapons of war, Unicef warns
2017 was a brutal year for young people caught in conflict, UN agency says, citing their recruitment as fighters and…
BIMSTEC Director General calls on Sri Lanka PM ahead of 3rd BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Alleviation
Director General of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation ( BIMSTEC) M Shahidul Islam yesterday called…
Indian theater chain PVR to open first screen in Sri Lanka in 2 years
India’s largest multiplex operator PVR plans to open its first project in Sri Lanka in next two years, a top…