Southeast Asia will be hardest hit by melting ice; governments urged to speed up change
Southeast Asia is around 11,000 km from the Arctic and 9,000km from Antarctica, but it will be hardest hit by rising sea levels caused by melting
Singapore seizes elephant ivory and pangolin scales in record $48m haul
Singapore authorities have seized 8.8 tonnes (8,800kg) of elephant ivory, its largest ever seizure to date
16 hour Water cut for several areas of Colombo
The Water Supply and Drainage Board states that the water supply for several areas of Colombo will be under low pressure for 16 hours
Sri Lanka shares snap 8-session rally on profit-taking; rupee falls
Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, snapping an eight-session gaining streak, as investors booked profits, while the rupee weakened on
Chandrayaan-2: India launches second Moon mission
India has successfully launched its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag
The Silicon Valley space race
The space race between the capitalist US and communist USSR saw decades of competition to push the boundaries of what mankind could
He didn’t have a computer growing up. Now he’s CEO of Google
Google CEO Sundar Pichai grew up in Chennai, India, with little access to a phone -- let alone a computer or the internet. But it was this
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ADB assists Sri Lanka to improve railway line network
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has stepped in to assist the electrification and double tracking of the Kelani Valley Line in 2020. In addition, ADB will
Emerging Trends in Real Estate®: The global outlook for 2019
The political and economic uncertainty of the past year will likely persist in key markets throughout 2019, yet real estate continues to attract capital
Asian Kids Are Among the Healthiest in the World, and Here’s Why
With studies claiming that Japanese children are some of the healthiest children in the world, we should all take a look at how their children get so
The 10 cities most favoured by the world’s ultra-rich
Have you ever wondered where in the globe the world’s richest prefer to be?
These are the world’s most positive countries
Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday? Almost three-quarters of the world did.
Four anti-corruption takeaways from the 2019 G20 Summit
After 11th-hour negotiations at last week’s G20 summit in Osaka, the assembled leaders reached consensus on a communiqué through which they
UNICEF HELPS RECOVERY OF BATTICALOA CHURCH BOMBING SURVIVORS
Precisely one month after the terror attack on the Zion Church in Batticaloa on Easter Sunday, people have created makeshift roadside
Uber will take ‘years’ to make a profit, CTO says
Uber will take at least "a few years" to become profitable, according to one of the ride hailing firm's top executives
Thomas Cook turns to China’s Fosun to save oldest travel firm
Thomas Cook (TCG.L) is in talks on a 750 million pound ($941 million) bailout that will give its largest investor Fosun Tourism (1992.HK) control
The world’s population is nearing 8 billion. That’s not great news
It took thousands of years for the global population to hit 5 billion, which happened in 1987. Some 32 years later, we're closing in on 8 billion
The battle for global control of cryptocurrencies
The 21st-century revolutionaries who have dominated cryptocurrencies are having to move over
