Sri Lanka’s electricity board hiked consumer rates by up to 275 percent, officials said yesterday, the second steep increase in months as the bankrupt island nation works to secure an IMF bailout.

An Islamabad court yesterday rejected the request of PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan, for an extension of his interim bail.

The plea was made in a case pertaining to a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) following its decision in the Toshakhana case

Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning.

"I want to say that Prabhakaran is still alive and doing well. I'm happy to tell the Tamil diaspora about that. All the rumours and questions about him might be thus answered. He would announce his next plan (to liberate) Tamil Eelam very soon himself," Nedumaran claimed, urging Tamils around the world to come out to welcome him.

The cow is "the giver of all, providing riches to humanity" due to its "nourishing nature," said the agency, a statutory body that advises India's Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

The country has seen numerous cases of vigilante action by mobs against people accused of blasphemy, one of the highest profiled ones being the lynching of a Sri Lankan national, a garment factory manager, in 2021

Eleven pilot whales were saved on Saturday after they became stranded near the shore on Sri Lanka's west coast in the early hours, wildlife officials told AFP

An IMF team left Pakistan yesterday after crisis talks with the government failed to deliver a deal on financial aid that would help the South Asian country avert economic collapse.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the immediate restoration of popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia that was banned by the telecom regulator last week for not "blocking/removing sacrilegious content".

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by 6 million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making “little progress” to tackle the problem and boost recycling, new research showed yesterday.

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf died yesterday following a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, after years in self-imposed exile.

Pakistan's former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf passed away on Sunday after a protracted battle with a rare health condition called amyloidosis. He was 79.

Former president of Pakistan General (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed away in a Dubai hospital at the age of 79, reports Pakistan’s Geo News.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has conveyed Sri Lanka's gratitude to the Bangladesh government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the timely assistance as the country battles to rebuild its economy.

Sri Lanka is completing the pre-requisites to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and expects rapid approval from the global lender, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday..“We are successfully completing the difficult stage required to get sup

Wikipedia was blocked in Pakistan on Saturday after authorities censored the website for hosting "blasphemous content" in the latest blow to digital rights in the deeply conservative nation.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said yesterday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are “beyond imagination”, as it battles a spiralling economic crisis.

Myanmar’s junta has introduced tough new measures in resistance strongholds under which people accused of treason and “spreading false news” will be tried by a military court, state media said yesterday.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, which is visiting the country for discussions on the ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme, was giving a "very tough time" to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his team.