Sri Lankan authorities on Monday lifted an overnight curfew in the western coastal town of Negombo where violence erupted between groups of people over the weekend, days after the Easter bombings......
'What happened last Sunday is a great tragedy, an insult to humanity' IMAGE: People light candles during a vigil in memory of the victims of a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on......
Seven persons had been arrested in connection with the blasts. IMAGE: The blasts have been described as one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history. Photograph: Dinuka......
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's new cabinet was sworn-in on Monday with five women ministers including Marise Payne, who became the country’s first female defence minister, a......
No charges will be brought against two Australian DJs over a hoax call to a British hospital treating Prince William's wife Kate that led to the suicide of a Indian-origin nurse, the Crown......
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Tuesday gave his final investment approval for the Indian conglomerate's controversy-hit 21.7 billion dollars coal mine project in Australia which had hit......
The 91st Annual Academy Awards was anything but boring, feels Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Rami Malek, Olivia Colman, Regina King and Mahershala Ali hold up their Oscars. Photograph: Frazer......
Ranjita Ganesan lists the movies we should look forward to. There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year. We break it up for you. Bollywood: Masala mix IMAGE: Shah......
The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture American HustleGravityTwelve Years A SlaveCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers......
One of the most provocative films of the 1970s, as gripping and thought provoking today as it was 40 years ago, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, now has Blu-ray editions released through......
IMAGE: American Heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), training in his gym, 21st May 1965. Photograph: Harry Benson/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. More than 60 years ago, a......
Wales Chef de Mission Chris Jenkins on Saturday said he was impressed with how the Commonwealth Games Village had shaped up after being caught in a mess just a few days ago and rated all the......
Christophe Lemaitre's fairytale European championship continued when he completed a sprint double on Friday and the Olympic stadium finally came to life as the hosts celebrated their first medals.......
Sprinter Dwain Chambers has been stripped of his 2002 European 100 metres title after admitting he took the steroid THG (tetrahydrogestrinone) that year.A statement from the International......
Shane Warne has been told to grow up, with the top bowler described as potentially the biggest threat to Australia's Ashes defence following tabloid tales of sexual indiscretions and the break-up......