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A restaurant sells meat to residents, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening Chinas largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shanghai starts coming back to life as COVID lockdown eases

Negative PCR tests for COVID taken within the previous 48 hours remain standard in Shanghai, Beijing for permission to...

1 Jun 2022 7:56 AM GMT

This handout photograph released by Fishtail Air, shows the wreckage of a plane in a gorge in Sanosware in Mustang district close to the mountain town of Jomsom, west of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 30, 2022. (Fishtail Air via AP)

No survivors found at Tara Air plane crash site, collection of dead...

The plane belonging to Tara Air went missing on Sunday morning in a mountainous region in Nepal and had four Indian...

30 May 2022 6:59 AM GMT

Police official Ramesh Thapa said there was no information on the Twin Otter aircraft and a search was underway. (Representational image)

Plane carrying 22 people on board, including four Indians goes missing...

The plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the town of Jomsom, lost contact with the airport tower shortly...

29 May 2022 6:36 AM GMT

Ranil Wickremesinghe (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Finance Minister by Prez...

Wickremesinghe relies on all political parties to support him in his immediate task of reviving the ailing economy

25 May 2022 7:08 AM GMT

A port worker stands by a ship that carried emergency supplies granted as humanitarian aid by Tamil Nadu government to Sri Lankan people at a port in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices to record high

The price of diesel was raised from Rs. 289 to Rs. 400 a litre, while the cost of a litre of petrol was increased from...

24 May 2022 6:45 AM GMT

Namal Rajapaksa (ANI)

'India big brother to Sri Lanka': Namal Rajapaksa thanks India for...

India handed over a large amount of humanitarian assistance consignment worth over Rs 2 billion to Sri Lanka which...

23 May 2022 7:03 AM GMT

People queueing to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Guangzhou in Chinas southern Guangdong province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Beijing locks down more people in China's 'zero-COVID' fight

Most of Beijing is not locked down, but the streets are much quieter than usual with many shops closed and people...

17 May 2022 8:06 AM GMT

Stranded Sri Lankans wait at a bus terminus in Colombo on Thursday during a relaxation in curfew. ((PTI)

Court bars Mahinda, son, 15 MLAs from overseas travel

Order in wake of investigation into attacks on Monday's protest sites

12 May 2022 9:07 PM GMT

Ranil Wickremesinghe (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka president set to name new Prime Minister

Respected five-time former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was the frontrunner to head a 'unity government' with...

12 May 2022 6:06 AM GMT

Security personnel walk past a burned vehicle along a road, a day after they were torched by protesters in Colombo on May 10, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

Mahinda flees to Navalbase as Rajapaksa houses burnt

Shoot orders in Colombo, India backs 'democracy, stability'

11 May 2022 2:56 AM GMT

Government supporters and Police clash outside the Presidents office in Colombo on May 9, 2022. - Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on May 9, 2022, with five people dead and some 180 injured as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit after weeks of protests. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Mahinda Rajapaksa faces calls for arrest as Sri Lanka violence claims...

Rajapaksa has been accused by the Opposition of inciting the ruling party mobs to attack peaceful protesters by making a...

10 May 2022 6:01 AM GMT

Activists stage a mock ritual to exorcise demons outside the official residence of Sri Lankas Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while demanding the resignations of Mahinda and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the countrys crippling economic crisis, in Colombo (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Lanka crisis: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer resignation...

Rajapaksa was hooted and catcalled by the angry public who are on the streets demanding fuel, cooking gas and an end to...

9 May 2022 6:45 AM GMT