COLOMBO, Jan 19 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka’s digital skills improved in 2025, with national computer literacy rate rising to 38.4 percent in the first half of the year, the latest survey by the Department of Census and Statistics show. The urban sector posted the highest literacy rate at 52.1 percent,…

KATHMANDU, Jan 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five people were killed and 12 others injured, in a bus accident in eastern Nepal’s Dharan, in Sunsari district, last night, said a local police officer. The accident took place when a bus, travelling from Bhedetar to Dharan, went out of control and rammed into…

ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (NNN-APP) – At least six people were killed and over 20 others injured, after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, late Saturday night, officials said, yesterday. Spokesperson of the southern Sindh province, Sadia Javed, said that, the blaze…

JAKARTA, Jan 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian rescuers found one victim from the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft, on Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, authorities said, today. The victim was discovered on the mountain slope and was currently being evacuated to the search and rescue (SAR) command post in Tompobulu…

SYDNEY, Jan 18 (NNN-AAP) – Police in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), said in a statement today that, a man had been seriously injured, after he was shot during a public place shooting, in Sydney’s west, overnight. Police said that, emergency services were called to a home in…

ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani security forces killed 12 terrorists on Thursday, during an operation in Kharan district of the country’s south-west Balochistan province, Balochistan’s Chief Minister, Sarfraz Bugti said, yesterday. Addressing a press conference in the provincial capital, Quetta, Bugti said, the terrorists were killed after their attempt…

CANBERRA, Jan 16 (NNN-AAP) – The police force in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), has issued a community warning, after explosive devices were found near public footpaths in northwest Canberra, the capital of Australia. ACT Police said in a statement on Wednesday evening that, officers had responded to several incidents…

NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (NNN-PTI) – An engine of Air India’s new Airbus A350 was damaged yesterday, after it sucked in a cargo container, while it was taxiing, at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi, officials said. All the more than 300 passengers on board the plane are…

COLOMBO, Jan 14 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, announced today that, fishermen who illegally cross foreign maritime boundaries or deliberately disable their Vessel’s Monitoring System units, will face a six-month fishing ban. The regulation, which takes effect on Feb 1, will apply to the skipper…