Jet Airways cancels international flights as crisis deepens
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Jet Airways appears to have suspended all its international flights, raising fresh fears about the Indian airline’s survival. This comes after the carrier on...
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Japan’s Yoshitaka Sakurada resigns as Olympics minister
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Japan’s Olympics Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada has resigned over comments that offended people affected by a huge tsunami and earthquake in 2011. At a fund-raising...
Revolutionary Guard Corps: US labels Iran force as terrorists
(UTV|COLOMBO) – US President Donald Trump has designated Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation. It is the first time the US...
Libya crisis: Air strike at Tripoli airport as thousands flee clashes
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The UN has condemned an air strike that closed the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Monday. Flights at Mitiga International Airport...
Turkey local elections: Setback for Erdogan as his party loses capital – [IMAGES]
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered a blow in local elections, with his party losing control of the capital Ankara and an opposition party...
Australia to confront past as ball-tampering bans expire
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Steve Smith and David Warner may wake with some relief on Thursday as they greet the final day of their ball-tampering bans but the...
Yasantha Kodagoda sworn in as Appeals Court President
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Additional Solicitor General and President’s Counsel Yasantha Kodagoda has sworn in as the President of Appeals Court a short while ago. On March...
Venezuela Blames ‘Attack’ as Another Crippling Blackout Hits
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Venezuela blamed an “attack” on its electric system for a blackout on Monday, the second to hit the OPEC nation this month, that shuttered...
Insurance for Buddhist monks as well
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Cabinet has approved a new insurance scheme for Buddhist monks. Minister of Buddhist Affairs and North-Western Development Gamini Jayawickrama Perera said that in the...
Domination the goal as South Africa eye 2-0
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Tuesday – After their shock loss in the Test series, South Africa will be desperate to become a formidable home unit again with...