Items filtered by date: August 2024

In a short time, Indian rapper Hanumankind has rapidly risen as a standout in the country's burgeoning hip-hop scene. His track Big Dawgs not only topped global charts but also briefly outpaced Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us. The BBC explores the rapper's meteoric rise to fame.

Published in International News

X, formerly Twitter, has been banned in Brazil after failing to meet a deadline set by a Supreme Court judge to name a new legal representative in the country.

Published in International News
Saturday, 31 August 2024 10:12

Weekly Economic Review

Sri Lanka's Economic Rebound in 2024: Inflation Control, Asset Management, and Tax Adjustments Bolster Growth

Published in Politics online weekly

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sri Lanka’s presidential election deployed 26 long-term observers (LTOs) to all nine provinces of Sri Lanka.

The overall rate of inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumers Price Index (CCPI) on a Y-on-Y basis has decreased to 0.5% in August 2024 compared to the 2.4% calculated for the month of July 2024, according to the latest data released by Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics.

Sri Lanka’s high alcohol taxes are pushing the public who have been hit by an economic crisis, into illegal alternatives, Harry Jayewardena, head of Distilleries Corporation has said.

Dialog Axiata PLC ("Dialog") completed the amalgamation with Bharti Airtel Lanka (Private) Limited ("Airtel Lanka") under the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, with Dialog remaining as the surviving entity.

Published in Business News

A Melbourne man who killed his wife with a knife and an axe has been found guilty of murder, with a Supreme Court jury rejecting his story that he was acting in self-defence.

Swedish pop group ABBA has become the latest set of famous musicians to demand that former President Trump stop playing their songs at his campaign rallies.

Published in International News

IndiGo, a key Indian airline, will commence flight operations between Chennai and Jaffna starting from September 1, an official said.

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