- Saturday, March 01, 2025
BANKRUPT Sri Lanka’s government on Monday (26) said it was scrapping plans to export around 100,000 endangered monkeys to China following an outcry and a court case by animal lovers. The toque macaque is endemic to Sri Lanka and common on the island of 22 million people but is classed…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi met Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo last Sunday (25) on a rare visit during which both sides pledged to deepen their strategic ties. They agreed to boost investment by India, the world’s most populous nation, in Egypt, which has the Arab world’s largest…
SCORES of workers protested in Bangladesh’s garment industry hub on Monday (26) after a union leader was killed while trying to intervene in a factory dispute over unpaid wages. Police said Shahidul Islam, president of the Gazipur branch of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, was beaten to death…
SRI LANKA is asking international bond holders to take a 30 per cent haircut and is seeking similar concessions from investors in its domestic dollar-denominated notes as it seeks to overhaul its massive debt, its central bank governor said on Thursday (29). Unveiling details of the long-awaited plan, governor Nandalal…
DRINKS giant Diageo said it had ended its relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs after the US rapper accused it of neglecting their business agreement and racism. Combs, also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P.Diddy and Diddy, claimed in a New York court filing on June 1 that the…
MULTILATERAL development banks like the World Bank are expected to find $200 billion (£157bn) in extra firepower for low-income economies by taking on more risk, a move that may require wealthy nations to inject more cash, world leaders said last Friday (23). The leaders, gathered at a summit in Paris…
INDIA’S monsoon season rains were set to cover the whole country by the weekend, according to meteorological department officials, allowing farmers in northern states to begin planting of summer-sown crops a week earlier than normal. The monsoon, the lifeblood of India’s $3 trillion (£2.35trillion) economy, delivers nearly 70 per cent…
INDIA leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who knows a thing or two about chess, says playing the sport at a competitive level has helped him to stay patient while dealing with challenges in his cricket career. Chahal, who has represented India in the World Youth Chess Championship, has joined SG Alpine Warriors…
SEVEN-TIME Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and former world number three Elina Svitolina were handed wildcard entries into Wimbledon, the organisers announced last Wednesday (21). Williams, 43, has won the third major of the year five times and returned to action this month after a five-month injury layoff. Currently ranked…
An imbalance in the neurotransmitters, or chemicals in the brain, in the frontal regions responsible for maintaining the excitation-inhibition equilibrium has been discovered in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). According to research conducted by the University of Cambridge (UK), individuals with OCD exhibit “disrupted” glutamate-GABA balance in two regions of…
