By Arul Louis New York, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Catherine Russel, head of the White House personnel office, has been appointed Executive Director of Unicef and Indian-origin Gautam Raghavan will be her replacement. UN Secretary-General Antonio…
Colombo, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka is mulling to make the Covid vaccine card mandatory for those entering public places, the President’s Office announced on Friday. The Special Committee on Covid-19 Control stated that it…
London, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce that Balkrishna Doshi will receive the Royal Gold Medal 2022, considered to be one of the world’s highest honours for…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 43rd in the Forbes magazine’s list of 100 Most Powerful Women in the world. “During what she believes will be…
Colombo, Dec 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) While health experts have cautioned about possible increase in Covid-19 cases, Sri Lankans have been warned not to spit in public places as they would have to face tough legal action….
By Susitha Fernando Colombo, Dec 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Buddhist leaders who conducted the final rites of Priyantha Kumara Diyabalana, a Sri Lankan factory manager who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan’s Sialkot recently, said on…
By Arul Louis New York, Dec 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A US government agency is providing a loan of up to $500 million for a solar panel factory in Tamil Nadu that can produce every year modules…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Dec 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered state Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Md Murad Hassan, to resign from his post over a scandalous audio leak…
New York, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian-origin owner of a petrol station in the US state of Georgia was killed on his daughter’s birthday in a brazen daylight robbery in front of a bank that…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Monday committed to working together to deepen ties, all across the board, between the two neighbours…
Kathmandu, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two people have been confirmed to be infected with the Omicron Covid-19 variant in Nepal, making it the first reported cases of the new strain, the Ministry of Health and Population…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for building a peaceful world by abandoning arms races and urged the global community to use their resources…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A major militant attack was foiled in Bangladesh following the arrest of five persons affiliated to the banned outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), officials said on Saturday, adding that…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Foreign Secretary of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, will visit Dhaka on December 7-8 to discuss a host of bilateral issues, including the preparations for Indian President Ram…
Colombo, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday urged Pakistan government to ensure safety of others Lankans working in Pakistan following the brutal murder of a Sri Lankan employee at a factory…
By Susitha Fernando Colombo, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka health officials announced on Friday that the first Covid-19 infected carrying ‘Omicron’ variant was identified in Sri Lanka. Dr. Hemantha Herath, Deputy Director of Health Services,…
Washington, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Gita Gopinath, currently chief economist of the IMF, is set to succeed Geoffrey Okamoto as the institution’s First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) early…
By Ashis Ray London, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) India and Britain are provisionally scheduled to embark on quite ambitious negotiations later this month, with the objective of arriving at a services driven Free Trade Agreement (FTA)…
Colombo, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander and Presidential candidate, has warned that Sri Lanka which has fallen into Chinas debt trap would end up like Uganda, which had to give…
Colombo, Nov 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amidst Police Scotland’s decision to stop training of Sri Lankan Police, country’s civil society groups and lawyers have urged the police chief to stop the alleged human rights violations by cops…