THE CORONAVIRUS SPREADS ITS WINGS
The official death toll from the coronavirus in China jumped on Saturday to 41 from 26 a day earlier, as local media reported a doctor
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
WHO’s standard recommendations for the general public to reduce exposure to and transmission of a range of illnesses are as follows
CHINA SEALS OFF MORE CITIES
Chinese officials scrambling to contain the coronavirus outbreak on Friday raised the death toll to 25, while new countries including
MALDIVES DESPERATE FOR FUNDS
The tropical Maldives may lose entire islands unless it can quickly access cheap financing to fight the impact of climate change, its foreign
HUMANS WILL BE A MULTI-PLANETARY SPECIES
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has made yet another outlandish announcement with an unrealistic timeline regarding his colonisation
CORONAVIRUS: THE BREAKDOWN
Officials in China are racing to contain a deadly new strain of virus that has infected more than 450 people and left almost 20 dead. State-run
MEET THE TEEN CHANGE MAKERS
From tackling the climate crisis to fighting discrimination, young people worldwide are taking their
EU CONSIDERS BAN ON FACIAL RECOGNITION
Regulators want time to work out how to prevent the technology being abused. The technology allows faces captured
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) is the retirement benefit plan for corporate and private sector employees who do not belong to any
CHINA CROSSES $10,000-MARK
For the first time, the per capita GDP of China, the world's most populous nation, has exceeded the
2019’S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP
Earlier this week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its World Report 2020 which looks at key events in 2019
EXPECT NEW COOKIES
Google controls the way most of the world surfs the internet, with its Chrome browser accounting for more than half the global
THE SAFEST AIRLINES FOR 2020
Flying is a source of anxiety for millions of people around the world. There’s something about being trapped in a metal box
2019 WAS CHINA’S WEAKEST YEAR
Official figures show that the world's second largest economy expanded by 6.1% in 2019 from the year before - the worst figure in 29 years
TOURIST REVIVAL
Sri Lanka has managed to achieve its revised tourist arrival target for 2019 despite it being a tough year for the industry and country
TOURISM TRADE
A recent survey conducted by Top 10 of Asia – an English language magazine owned and published by Malaysia based RHA Media – has ranked
TEA INDUSTRY
Tea production in Sri Lanka declined by 3.6 percent while exports increased by 2.8 percent in November 2019, according to a report
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sri Lanka’s government must advance economic growth: UNDP
BILATERAL RELATIONS
Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Ravinatha Aryasinha has called for regaining the island’s economic prominence in Egypt
REGIONAL COOPERATION
Speaking at the 35th SAARC Charter Day, the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena urged the SAARC member countries to take decisive steps to
