A French appeals court has upheld a ruling denying an Algerian woman citizenship after she refused to shake the hand of a senior official. The woman, who has not been named, said her "religious beliefs" prevented her from shaking the hand of the male official in the citizenship ceremony.…
Colombo, April 20 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Law and Order Minister, Ranjitha Madduma Bandara, on Friday said that additional police posts would be set up in all tourist hot spots across the island after a it was shed to light that a group of tourists were sexually assaulted in Mirissa, in Southern Sri Lanka, recently. […]…
Sri Lankan Police, on Friday said the Interpol had issued a 'Red Notice' on the island's former Central Bank Governor, Arjuna Mahendran, over a treasury bond scam which costed millions of dollars to the country's coffers.…
Indian Opposition parties led by the Congress on Friday moved a motion of impeachment against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. This is the first time in history that such a move has been initiated against the top judge of the apex court. The motion has five points…
Shruti Bhave is an emerging versatile Indian violinist and singer with a base in Indian classical music. But her interests include Western classical, Jazz and folk music. The song was originally sung in the film by Pakistan's Atif Aslam. Music is by Vishal-Shekhar and the orchestral support is provided by Jullius Packiam.…
Indian authorities, starting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should pay more attention to women in the country, Christine Lagarde, IMF chief, told a media conference in Washington on Thursday. This is the second time in four months that Legarde has called out PM Modi on the condition of women in the country.…
Colombo, April 19 (newsin.asia) – The following are the foreign exchange rates against the Sri Lankan rupee released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Thursday. Buying Selling Australian Dollar 118.80 123.96 Canadian Dollar 121.30 125.99 Chinese Yuan (Renminbi) 24.31 25.49 Euro 189.79 196.67 Japanese Yen 1.4292 […]…
India may finally be able to acquire armed drones from the United States that could transform the capabilities of the armed forces not just in strike operations against China and Pakistan over land and sea but also in operations against terrorists.…
Colombo, April 20 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Transport Ministry, on Friday said it had been made obligatory for all three wheel services in the island country to fix a meter and issue a receipt at the end of the trip. The new rule had been announced on April 1, but a two week grace period had […]…
Many of the claims of the Hindutva brigade about the achievements of ancient Hindu science are ludicrous. But not all can be dismissed as trash as the modernists and rationalists do, say Dr. Shashi Tharoor and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. …
The Maldivian government on Sunday rejected the UNHRC’s observations and recommendations in regard to former President Mohamed Nasheed and asserted that it had followed the law and the constitution to the letter, and that there is no way that Nasheed can be released and made eligible to contest the next election.…
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) being held in London has asked Sri Lanka to give leadership to mangrove conservation in the Commonwealth. Sri Lanka has been having a successful mangrove conservation program since 2015 thanks to President Maithripala Sirisena.…
Avalum Naanum is from the film Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada (Fear is Foolishness),-a 2016 Tamil-language action thriller romance written and directed by Gautham Menon. The song Avalum Naanum is set to music by maestro A.R.Rahman. The film stars Silambarasan and Manjima Mohan.…
The Sindh Forest Department in Pakistan successfully broke its earlier Guinness World Record of planting the most trees in 24 hours by planting 1,129,294 mangroves on an island near Keti Bunder in Thatta district of Sindh..…
There were demonstrations for and against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his on-going visit to London to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. One group wearing Gandhi caps and carrying placards with nationalist slogans and Modi's pictures others held placards reading "Modi go home"…
Colombo, April 19 (newsin.asia) – Five people were killed and several others injured in an accident in a rubber factory in Horana, in the outskirts of capital Colombo, on Thursday, Police said. Police Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara told newsin.asia a…
Pakistan is gradually reducing its dependence on American military technology and China is filling the gap, says a Financial Times report, which also warns that this shift will have geo-political repercussions as well.…
Colombo, April 19 (newsin.asia) – The following are the foreign exchange rates against the Sri Lankan rupee released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Thursday. Buying Selling Australian Dollar 118.80 123.96 Canadian Dollar 121.30 125.99…
Colombo, April 20 – eChannelling, an online medical appointment business that was Sri Lanka’s first listed dotcom, has extended its value added services to offer local video consultations and provide drug delivery. The company, controlled by mobile phone firm Mobitel,…
Riding on the twin successes of the controversy-ridden Padmaavat and smaller offerings such as Raid and Hichki, Bollywood’s earnings at Rs1,103 crore for the first quarter of 2018 registered an impressive 42% growth over the first quarter of 2017. And this without any film featuring the three Khans, Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman.…
Pictures of Saudi female athletes in colorful “sports abayas” running in the Red Sea city of Jeddah went viral last month, setting off a new debate on sartorial freedoms for women in a country where the typically all-black, body-shrouding garment is obligatory in public.…