Trade talks with US planned for January: China
WEB DESK China’s Commerce Ministry Spokesman, Gao Feng on Thursday confirmed that Beijing and Washington intended to conduct trade negotiations in January. He further said, the two sides working groups…
Sri Lankan Parliament debates abolition of Executive Presidency
WEB DESK Sri Lankan Parliament on Tuesday debated abolition of Executive Presidency as the tug of war between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe continued. The United National…
Nepal: Former PM Tulsi Giri passes away at 93
AMN Former Prime Minister of Nepal Tulsi Giri passed away at his residence in Kathmandu on Tuesday. He was 93. Dr. Giri was suffering from liver cancer for a long…
Germany to compensate hundreds who fled Nazis as children
WEB DESK Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again. The New…
US conducts 6 airstrikes against Somalia extremists, 62 killed
WEB DESK In Somalia, 62 extremists from the al-Shabab rebel group were killed after the United States military’s Africa Command carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe coast area. In…
India extends 1.4 billion dollar aid to Maldives
Agencies / New Delhi India has decided to extend 1.4 billion dollars financial assistance to Maldives as budget support, currency swap and line of credit for the social and economic…
Japan: 42 injured after a blast and fire near pub
WEB DESK More than 40 people were injured on Sunday when an explosion caused a fire at a commercial building housing a pub in Sapporo City on Japan’s northern main…
Sri Lanka: President asks PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to respect democracy
Agencies / COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has asked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to respect democracy and parliamentary tradition. Continuing his tirade against Mr Wickremsinghe after swearing in him…
Ranil Wickremsinghe sworn in as prime minister of Sri Lanka
AMN /Colombo UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat in a short while ago. Meanwhile a…
7 killed in China mine accident
WEB DESK At least seven workers were killed and three others injured in an accident at a coal mine in southwestern part of China,. State-run Xinhua news agency said, the…