President Wickremesinghe is first candidate to register at the Election Commission as he seeks mandate from voters. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on September 21, the Election Commission says, setting the date for a vote expected to determine the future of reforms in a country still struggling to…
Bangladesh’s minister of state for information and broadcasting has defended the government’s handling of mass protests, as United Nations experts called for an independent investigation into the government’s deadly crackdown on demonstrators. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Mohammad Arafat said the country’s security forces had done…
Technology revolution comes with gargantuan power and cooling needs. Artificial intelligence is driving a technological revolution. But feeding it requires more electricity to run its powerful computers and even more giant data centres. So, how can such new demand be met – and what are the implications? Presenter: Sami Zeidan…
Eighteen people have been killed in the crash of a regional passenger plane belonging to Nepal’s Saurya Airlines during takeoff from the capital, Kathmandu, officials say. The plane crashed on Wednesday and caught fire. It was carrying two crew members and 17 technicians and was going for regular maintenance to…
Saurya Airlines plane carrying two crew members and 17 passengers crashes shortly after takeoff and catches fire. A passenger plane has crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, killing 18 people, aviation officials say. The pilot was the only survivor of Wednesday’s crash and was…
Muzaffarnagar, India – For nearly two weeks now, Islah*, a Muslim, has been forced to close his restaurant situated along a highway in Khatauli town of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district in northern India. The venue, which seats about 100 people at a time and serves vegetarian food to people of…
India’s government has assigned billions of dollars for job creation and regions run by key coalition partners in a budget aimed at cementing the coalition and winning back voters after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election setback. Tax changes unveiled in the budget on Tuesday included a higher levy on equity…
Global average surface air temperature was 17.09 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says. July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to preliminary data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The global average surface air temperature on Sunday reached 17.09 degrees…
Ten million dollars to fly Justin Bieber to India’s financial capital Mumbai for an evening’s performance. An 800-guest cruise around the Mediterranean costing $150m. A wedding ceremony featuring hundreds of guests and a price tag upwards of $600m. These are just some of the numbers that have been bandied about…
Supreme Court suspends order asking restaurants and roadside carts to display owners’ names in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. India’s top court has ruled that restaurants cannot be forced to display the names of their owners, suspending police orders in two northern states that critics said could foment discrimination against…
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