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Published: January 28, 2023 20:11:17 Sri Lanka’s economy could contract by -3.5 or -4.0% in 2023 after shrinking -11% last year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday. “From 2024, we will take this economy to positive growth. We are creating a strong country that does not bow down to anyone and is debt-free,” he said. […]

Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNairobi, KenyaJanuary 28, 2023 AS DELIVERED AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me thank all of you for joining us today. I’ve had an extraordinarily productive and busy day here in Nairobi. I got up early this morning for a solemn ceremony at the old U.S. Mission, […]

India begins the year with an outreach in the neighbourhood- with visits to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan, and even an invitation to Pakistan- what lies ahead for 2023 in South Asia? This is going to be a particularly interesting year for India as President of G20 and it is significant that the year began […]

Boeing has delayed plans to unveil its huge new 777X jetliner this week following the deadly crash of one of the company’s aircraft in Ethiopia. A Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed on Sunday morning, just minutes after taking off from from Addis Ababa. All 157 people on board were killed. The […]

The Puducherry government is making all necessary and elaborate arrangements in connection with a conference as part of the G20 summit slated to be held on January 30, a senior government official said here on Saturday. As India assumed the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, to 30 November 2023, […]

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Australia has surged by 60.9 per cent to reach $523 million from $325 million in 2021, according to data released by the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). Exports from Cambodia to the partner country rose by 84.6 per cent to $379 million from $205 million, while imports increased […]

LONDON Conservationists at a U.K. zoo have captured the moment a rare tree kangaroo popped out of its mother’s pouch for the first time, part of research aimed at helping the endangered species survive in the wild. class=”cf”> The elusive Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo is much smaller than the better known Australian kangaroo species. It is […]

Ocean outlook: South China Sea and Indian Ocean by Noonsite 28 Jan 23:23 UTC South China Sea © Noonsite South China Sea: Long-term SE Asia cruiser Anthony Swanston of SV Wildfox, spent the 2022 rainy season tucked up in the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club Marina at Pulau Langkawi Island on Malaysia’s west coast. […]

The government has made a comprehensive plan to modernise and commercialise the agriculture sector in which mechanisation is going to play a very important role, said The Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque. “Bangladesh has now become self-sufficient in terms of food grains availability. However, the agenda of the government now is to ensure food […]

Sweden’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday warned Swedish citizens in Turkey to avoid large gatherings. The warning comes as people in Turkey protest against the burning of the Quran by a far-right politician in Stockholm. “Swedes in Turkey are asked to stay updated on the development of events and to avoid large gatherings and demonstrations,” the Foreign […]