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Lankan presidential secretariat reopens after blockade; 3 held for theft

Sri Lanka's presidential secretariat, which was stormed by a sea of anti-government protesters in early July, resumed operations from Monday, 100 days after the building's entry gate was blocked,......

'People in power are fearful of the protestors'

'No one in Sri Lanka could afford to stay at home, everyone came onto the street.' IMAGE: Armoured vehicles sit parked by a road leading to the Sri Lankan parliament in Colombo, July 17, 2022.......

What Next For Sri Lanka?

Sri Lankans celebrated Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as president, but they will understandably be concerned about the outcome of Wednesday's presidential election. With parliament Speaker......

Dramatic visuals show protesters storm SL Prez's home

Dramatic visuals from outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence on Saturday showed a sea of demonstrators storming into the compound, tearing down security cordons placed by......

Protesters storm Lanka president's home, swim in Rajapaksa's pool

Thousands of irate anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday stormed into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in central Colombo's high-security Fort area after......

Is India heading for another economic crisis?

The government thinks that it can buy peace with its own people, not by providing an environment for growth, but by bribing them into silence, writes M R Venkatesh. The confluence of two......

Forget IPL. Wanted, a JPC to probe tax havens!

Nothing could trivialise the sanctity of Parliament than a JPC on the IPL. We need a JPC to cover the tax havens and its impact on the Indian economy, says M R Venkatesh. The tagline could not......

The businessman behind the Mumbai sea link

Ajit Gulabchand is not fond of the arclights, but he shed his reluctance for once - just like a proud father would do in the company of his famous child. So Gulabchand was happily posing for the......

How to make a claim for insurance

Claiming insurance compensation can sometimes claim your peace of mind. The territory is agog with complaints like that of Mumbai-based jeweller Rohit Bajaj, 36. His insurer did not pay him to get......

How Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants

Once upon a time he used to bite pens. Now he fidgets with a knife in a cramped office lined up to the ceiling with books that range from Game Theory to the history of the Roman Empire to polymer......

Mr & Mrs Smith bring the house down

Jane Smith is peeved, and it's understandable. She's knee-deep in household debris, her house is under siege by heavily armed bounty hunters. And she has finally learnt the terrible truth about her......

Green fuels Australia's ascendancy in Galle Test

IMAGE: Cameron Green added 84 runs with Alex Carey to help Australia go past Sri Lanka's 212 on Day 2 of the first Test in Galle on Thursday. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Australia's Cameron Green......

NZ name 5 spinners for India tour; Boult unavailable

Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme made themselves unavailable for selection due to the prospect of further time in bio-secure bubbles and Managed Isolation. IMAGE: New Zealand pacers Trent Boult......

Meet the World Cup players

Rajneesh Gupta profiles the cricketers playing the World Cup 2019. Afghanistan IMAGE: Gulbadin Naib of Afghanistan celebrates taking a wicket in World Cup 2019 match against Australia.......

Cricket Buzz: Controversial Pak spinner Ajmal retires, criticises PCB, ICC

IMAGE: Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. Photograph: Graham Crouch/Getty Images Pakistan's ace spinner Saeed Ajmal has brought the curtains down on his cricket career with a "heavy heart",......

Pujara still a student of the game as landmark Test approaches

As he prepares to play his 50th Test match, India's formidable No 3 opens up about the challenges he's faced, his favourite innings and what he's learnt from Tendulkar and Dravid IMAGE: Cheteshwar......

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