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January 14, 2020 8:30 AM

Iran grants Canada investigators access to downed plane

<span style="color: #222222;">Canadian investigators  will access the wreckage and black boxes from a Ukranian jetliner downed by a missile strike last week.   Transportation Safety Board of Canada, chair Kathy Fox said, they have been invite...

January 13, 2020 6:03 PM

Iran denies cover-up over shot down airliner

<span style="color: #222222;">In Iran, the government today denied a cover-up after it took days for the armed forces to admit a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by mistake last week.<br />''</span><br />''...

January 13, 2020 5:46 PM

World Bank predicts Sri Lanka's economic growth at 3.3 pct for 2020

<span style="color: #222222;">The World Bank has forecast Sri Lanka's economic growth at 3.3 per cent for 2020 saying the growth is likely to remain below four per cent in next three years. The bank said, in its latest report of World Bank's January 2020 Glo...

January 13, 2020 4:55 PM

Iranian Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh announces her defection

<span style="color: #222222;">Iran's Olympic medalist, Kimia Alizadeh took to her instagram to announce that she is leaving the country. Alizadeh is the only woman from Iran to have won the Olympic medal. <br />''<br />'...

January 13, 2020 4:43 PM

Niger attack death toll rises to 89

In Niger, the death toll from an attack by extremists on military in the West African nation last week has risen to 89. The fatalities have risen dramatically from 25 that the government initially said were killed last week.<br />''<br />''According to...

January 13, 2020 3:14 PM

Dhaka University to have a Hindi Chair soon: HC Riva Ganguly Das

Dhaka University will soon have a Hindi chair to facilitate honours level studies for students of Bangladesh. Speaking on the occasion of World Hindi Day in Dhaka on Sunday India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das said that the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) will so...

January 13, 2020 1:22 PM

Philippines: Thousands evacuate as volcano spews ash

<span style="color: #222222;">In Philippines, a volcano has emitted a giant plume of ash, prompting authorities to order evacuation of around 8,000 people living nearby. The plume coming from the Taal volcano, south of the capital Manila, stretched about 1 km into the...

January 13, 2020 12:05 PM

Top officials from Russia, China, US to visit Sri Lanka

<span style="color: #222222;">Three top officials including foreign ministers of Russia and China will be visiting Sri Lanka over the next two days. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in Colombo today on a brief official visit. <br />&apos...

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