Sri Lanka dropped 12 notches to 101st place in the latest Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 from last year’s 89th rank with a score of 23.78 on a 0 -100 scale, 100 being the most innovative

Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union in Colombo Denis Chaibi along with the EU Ambassadors of Italy, the Netherlands and Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassies of Romania, Germany and France paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 2 September 2020

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary Jayanath Colombage, chairing the 21st Session of the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SoM), urged BIMSTEC Member States to embrace the “new normal, and adapt fast”

The proposed 20th amendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution is a first step towards a dictatorship, the main opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) said

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) chartered huge oil tanker 'New Diamond', laden with about 3,00,000 tonne of Kuwaiti crude on fire, has been towed more than 35 nautical miles away from Sri Lankan coast to safe waters, Indian Coast Guard said on Saturday

A seven-year-old boy died and over 40 people were injured after six air conditioners exploded during Esha prayers in a mosque in Fatullah, Narayanganj on Friday night

In a bid to tame the coronavirus, the rich nations have struck deals worth billions of dollars with drugmakers for millions of doses of potential coronavirus vaccines, widely viewed as the only remedy to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic

India is concerned about the security situation in Afghanistan and will continue to support the local government's efforts for peace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday

The Afghan government’s peace negotiating delegation’s visit to Qatar was once again postponed due to several problems their Taliban interlocutors face in Pakistan

Afghans in various regions of the country on Friday called on the Afghan government and the Taliban to swiftly engage in intra-Afghan negotiations and take bold steps to end the bloody conflict that has gripped the nation for the past two decades

Nepal's apex court today asked the government to put women at the centre of COVID-19 response

The Government of Nepal and the World Bank today signed an agreement for an additional grant of US$10.85 million for the School Sector Development Programme to ensure access to education and continued learning for children amid the COVID-19 crisis

India's foreign exchange reserves jumped higher by $3.883 billion during the week ended August 28. According to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement, the reserves rose to $541.431 billion from $537.548 billion reported for the week ended August 21

At least 46 Taliban insurgents were killed and 37 others wounded in clashes with the Afghan security forces in the North of Afghanistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the country saw the humane face of police during the Covid-19 pandemic and asked the force to safeguard and build on this asset