Colombo Port Profits Surged By 66 Percent In H1

COLOMBO, Sept 27 (NNN-LNW) – The profitability of Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port rose by 66 percent, during the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake told parliament, yesterday. Rathnayake noted that, port activity has expanded,…

Sri Lanka Apparel Exports Dipped Last Month

COLOMBO, Sept 27 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka’s apparel exports, recorded a marginal decline in Aug, compared to the same month last year, the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), the apex body of the country’s apparel industry, said yesterday. Earnings from apparel exports last month reached 479.14 million U.S. dollars, down…

India, U.S. To Continue Engagements For Trade Deal

NEW DELHI, Sept 27 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal commerce ministry, yesterday said, trade discussions with the United States will continue, with a view to achieving an early conclusion of an agreement. The announcement was made following the federal Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal’s visit to the United States from Sept 22…

Qantas Flight Landed Safely In New Zealand’s Auckland After Cargo Fire Alert

WELLINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-RNZ) – A Qantas flight from Sydney, Australia, landed safely at New Zealand’s Auckland Airport today, after its pilots issued a mayday call triggered by warnings of a possible fire in the aircraft’s cargo hold. Emergency services were alerted at 11:05 a.m. local time, after reports of…

Afghanistan’s Trade Volume Up 30 Percent In Past Six Months

KABUL, Sept 26 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan’s trade volume reached 6.783 billion U.S. dollars, in the past six months, with a 30-percent increase year-on-year, local media outlet, TOLOnews, reported yesterday. The country’s primary export commodities include raisins, figs, cotton, apricots, saffron, pistachios, grapes, beverages, and other agricultural products, TOLOnews quoted Akhundzada…

Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi Lashes Philippines, Killing At Least Four

MANILA, Sept 26 (NNN-PNA) – Authorities have recorded four deaths, as severe tropical storm Bualoi continues to barrel through the Philippines, after making landfall yesterday, the country’s Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said, today. Claudio Yucot, regional director of the OCD in Bicol, said, at a televised press conference that,…

Malaysia’s Johor Emerges As SEA’s Fastest Growing Data Centre Hub

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s Johor state, has firmly established itself as Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing data centre hub, with aggregate supply nearly doubling over the past 12 months to 5.8 gigawatts (GW), as of the second quarter of 2025, a report showed, yesterday. According to the latest Knight…

Israel’s War On Gaza Among Most Horrific Of 20th, 21st Centuries: Abbas; 65,419 Palestinians Murdered

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday accused Israel of committing “a war of genocide” on Gaza, saying, these crimes will be recorded in “the pages of international conscience as one of the most horrific chapters of humanitarian tragedy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.” “I…

China Southern Airlines Resumes Urumqi-Dubai Direct Flight

DUBAI, Sept 26 (NNN-WAM) – China Southern Airlines, yesterday, resumed direct passenger flights between Urumqi, capital of north-west China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The route, operated by Boeing 737 aircraft, will run twice a week. Flight CZ6069 departs Urumqi on Thursday and Sunday…

Indonesia, Canada Ink Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement To Take Effect Next Year

JAKARTA, Sept 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia and Canada officially signed the Indonesia-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (ICA-CEPA), in Ottawa on Wednesday local time, with the deal expected to take effect next year, according to a statement released by the Indonesian Presidential Secretariat, yesterday. The agreement was signed by the trade…