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Trump to use military force to annex Greenland? US President makes big statement

Trump sat for an interview with NBC News, just a day after JD Vance and other American officials' trip to a US military installation in Greenland, garnering criticism from Denmark.

us news

Published on Mar 30, 2025 04:06 pm IST

India to continue disaster relief even after Muizzu takes over Male

Indian support for medical evacuation in Maldives.

world news

Published on Oct 18, 2023 08:56 am IST

A wave of international rule-making threatens Caribbean tax havens

PREMIUM

The smell of rotten governance is the last thing the BVI needs. For four decades this luminous speck in the Caribbean has made a chunk of its living selling foreigners brass-plate companies

world news

Published on Aug 31, 2023 11:50 pm IST

‘We don’t want to do anything to jeopardise the security of India’:Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday.

india news

Updated on Jul 31, 2020 05:36 pm IST

Sri Lanka bench strength makes Dimuth Karunaratne hopeful of fresh start

File image of Dimuth Karunaratne

cricket

Published on Aug 01, 2019 03:04 pm IST

Thilan Samaraweera joins New Zealand to assist in Test series against Sri Lanka

File image of Thilan Samaraweera

cricket

Published on Jul 30, 2019 12:49 pm IST

ICC World Cup 2019, Australia vs Sri Lanka Live Streaming: When and Where to Watch Live Telecast on TV and Online

Australia's Pat Cummins celebrates taking a wicket.

cricket

Updated on Jun 14, 2019 08:24 pm IST

Sri Lanka president Maithripala Sirisena sacks intel boss over Easter bombings probe

A view of the damage at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Negambo, Sri Lanka April 22, 2019.

world news

Updated on Jun 09, 2019 10:11 am IST

PM Modi to address Maldives Parliament during visit

Maldives is expected to be the destination of PM Modi’s first foreign visit during his second term as prime minister.

india news

Updated on May 29, 2019 11:56 pm IST

ICC World Cup 2019: Sri Lanka SWOT analysis - Old warhorse Malinga keeps Sri Lanka dreaming

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 16: Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka during the 5th Momentum ODI match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at PPC Newlands on March 16, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa.

cricket

Updated on May 29, 2019 05:37 pm IST

PM Modi to visit Maldives in first foreign tour in second term: Report

Modi had picked Bhutan for his first foreign trip after becoming prime minister for the first time in 2014.

india news

Updated on May 26, 2019 05:12 pm IST

US envoy to Sri Lanka says threat is real as security forces maintain high alert

Scores of suspected Islamists have been arrested in the multi-ethnic island nation since April 21 suicide bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people, including 42 foreign nationals.

world news

Updated on Apr 30, 2019 02:05 pm IST

‘It was all like a movie’, says Dubai-based Indian couple who escaped Sri Lanka bombings

world news

Published on Apr 28, 2019 03:26 pm IST

After Sri Lanka blasts, drive on to hunt down ‘sleeper cells’ in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Soldiers stand guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 25, 2019, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on the Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.

world news

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 08:42 pm IST

‘Terror group NTJ wanted separate Islamic confederate in Sri Lanka’: Official

The IS on Tuesday owned up the Easter Sunday bombing in the island nation that killed more than 350 people. The NTJ was led by Maulvi Zahran Bin Hashim, the alleged mastermind of Sunday attacks.

world news

Updated on Apr 25, 2019 08:16 am IST

‘We are very, very sorry’: Sri Lanka government apologises for failure to act on intel input

The Sri Lankan government has apologised for its failure to act despite receiving advance intelligence inputs about the possibility of terror attacks .

world news

Updated on Apr 23, 2019 04:02 pm IST

The Sri Lanka bombings: A time of fear and uncertainty

Teachers hold candles as they pray for the victims of Sri Lanka's bomb blasts, at a school in Ahmedabad, April 22

editorials

Updated on Apr 22, 2019 09:59 pm IST

4 JD(S) workers touring Colombo dead, 3 missing after Sri Lanka blasts

Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019.

india news

Updated on Apr 22, 2019 01:29 pm IST

UK students dropping foreign languages en masse, finds study

The number of British children taking foreign language classes has nearly halved since 2000, a BBC analysis showed on Wednesday, with those learning French and German down nearly two-thirds.

education

Published on Feb 27, 2019 07:40 pm IST

India should be ready to help strengthen Sri Lanka’s democracy

Sri Lanka's reinstated prime minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe has said he will now focus on restoring normalcy and putting development programmes back on track

editorials

Published on Dec 18, 2018 08:54 am IST

Maldives president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih calls India ‘our closest friend’

This handout photograph shows new Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (R) shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Solih's presidential inauguration in Male, Maldives.

india news

Updated on Dec 17, 2018 04:34 pm IST

PM Modi announces $1.4 billion aid to Maldives amid worry over its China debt

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih before a meeting at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, Monday, December 17, 2018.

india news

Updated on Dec 17, 2018 04:33 pm IST

Maldives to pull out of ‘one-sided’ China trade deal: Report

China's President Xi Jinping

india news

Updated on Nov 20, 2018 05:34 pm IST

PM Narendra Modi heads to Maldives as island shifts toward India from China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first-ever visit to the Maldives for the swearing-in of its new president, signaling a shift in the island nation toward India and away from China.

india news

Updated on Nov 17, 2018 12:56 pm IST

The Sri Lanka crisis is a cause for concern to India

Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Maithripala Sirisena wave at their supporters during a rally near the Parliament, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 5, 2018

editorials

Updated on Nov 12, 2018 05:34 pm IST

Tamil Nadu parties slam Sirisena for dissolution of Sri Lanka Parliament

PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss has alleged that the Maithripala Sirisena-Rajapaksa combine would try to win the January 5 polls through intimidatory tactics and by indulging in poll irregularities.

india news

Updated on Nov 10, 2018 08:41 pm IST

Climate should be an election issue

Greenpeace activists display a big banner reading "We still have hope, Climate action now!" during an activity prior to a press conference of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change at Songdo Convensia in Incheon on October 8, 2018

editorials

Published on Nov 02, 2018 02:43 pm IST