Four U.S. soldiers die during NATO training exercise in Norway

Four U.S. soldiers were killed in a plane crash in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise unrelated to the Ukraine war, Norway’s prime minister said Saturday.

Jonas Gahr Stoere tweeted that they were killed in the crash on Friday night. The cause was under investigation, but Norwegian police reported bad weather in the area.

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Foreign Minister meets Core Group on Sri Lanka

Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor G. L. Peiris has had an informal discussion with the Core Group on Sri Lanka at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday (March 18).

Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Admiral Jayanath Colombage also attended the said meeting.

At the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Core Group on Sri...

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Decision on train ticket fare revision on Monday

A discussion between the Transport Minister and the railway trade unions is scheduled to be held on Monday (March 21), the Railway Station Masters’ Association says.

The chairman of the association Sumedha Somaratne said the station masters have formally requested the authorities not to increase the train ticket fares.

Speaking further, he said the...

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Ranil explains reasons for Sri Lanka s economic crisis

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that Sri Lanka could have avoided the present economic crisis and dollar shortage if the government had sought the assistance of the International monetary Fund (IMF) much earlier before the situation reached a critical point. 

“It could have been done if we had gone to the IMF. This happened because w...

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Showers or thundershowers in several provinces after 2pm Several spells of showers will occur in Western province and in Galle and Matara districts, says the Department of Meteorology. MORE.....

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Power cut schedule for tomorrow released

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says it has approved the Ceylon Electricity Board’s request for scheduled power cuts tomorrow (March 18).

Accordingly, the areas listed under the groups P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W, in the schedule will experience a power cut of 2 hours between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm and another power cut of 1 hour...

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