Agency Desk

Ready to nominate civil activists for Presidency if no consensus by political parties: Sri Lankan Buddhist priest

He requested the party leaders to allow them to be appointed through the national list to Parliament.

Sri Lankan PM pens condolences for Shinzo Abe at Japan Embassy

Abe was attacked last Friday morning in the Japanese city of Nara during his campaign speech.

NASA’s new telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies

The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope was released Monday at the White House — a jumble of distant galaxies that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen.

Sri Lankans on edge ahead of President Rajapaksa’s promised resignation on Wednesday

The protesters continue to occupy the three main buildings in the capital, the President’s House, the presidential secretariat and the prime minister’s official residence, Temple Trees, calling for their resignations.

EU has frozen 13.8 bln euros of Russian assets, official says

The official said the vast majority of that comes from five of the EU's 27 member states only, calling on others to step up.

White House cites slower growth but no recession with eye on gas prices

The officials said they had not seen the key data on consumer prices due to be released on Wednesday, but that they expected energy and food prices to account for more than 40% of the annual increase.

U.S. Capitol riot probe examines Trump circle’s ties to extremists

The hearing was to explore ties between the two groups and Trump associates including Roger Stone and Mike Flynn.

Income Tax Department conducts searches on two business groups in Tamil Nadu

The search operations were carried out on July 6 at more than 40 premises located in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai.