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Dhaka awaiting UN’s clearance to relocate 100,000 Rohingya to $275m island
Authorities in Bangladesh are sad to be still awaiting a go ahead from UN inspectors to start the controversial relocation of 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a newly built $275 million island camp. Although Dhaka has…
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SL Speaker asked upload report in P’ment website
UNP MP Karunaratne Paranavithana has requested Sri Lankan Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to upload the forensic audit report of the Central Bank bond scam in the Parliament website. Addressing Parliament, he lauded the efforts taken by…
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Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak
Meanwhile, after discussions in Geneva, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee has announced it will not yet declare a “global emergency” over the new virus.Director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said more information was needed…
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Saudis ask US to remove Sudan from terrorism list
Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Saudi state TV said, citing Minister of State for African Affairs Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz Qattan. The…
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Mother arrested after baby allegedly dies from meth-tainted breast milk
Using drugs while breastfeeding The Coroner’s office said that methamphetamine can be passed into an infant’s system through breast milk, and that a two-month-old is not able to adjust to having methamphetamine in its system,…
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Brexit bill passes final hurdle in Parliament
Britain’s Brexit bill passed its final hurdle in Parliament after the House of Lords abandoned attempts to amend it, leaving the U.K. on course to leave the European Union next week. The bill was approved…
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Democrats appeal for GOP help to convict Trump
The White House said that the Democrats were a joke and they have no case at all. “The Democrats are an utter joke – they have no case, and this latest political stunt proves it.…
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Burundi leader to get $530,000 and luxury villa
Burundi’s parliament has voted to pay $530,000 (£400,000) to President Pierre Nkurunziza and provide him with a luxury villa when he leaves office. The draft law, which has been presented to the cabinet for approval,…
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Australian student says North Korea forced him to admit spying
An Australian student arrested for spying and expelled from North Korea last year said he was forced to write a false confession while held incommunicado. Alek Sigley was studying modern Korean literature at Kim Il…
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Russian prime minister and government resign after Putin’s speech
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that his government was resigning to give President Vladimir Putin room to carry out the changes he wants to make to the constitution. The unexpected announcement, which came…
