Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media Bandula Gunawardena said that over 300,000 students had left the county to continue their higher studies at foreign institutions with an estimated cost of two billion U.S. dollars per year.
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This is the latest of such incidents in a region Moscow uses as a supply line for its war in Ukraine.
The National Disaster Management Authority Monday said that the death toll has risen to 618, including 134 women and 230 children, since June.
The electoral commission chairman announced the final result Monday amid dramatic scenes.
Rushdie, 75, was attacked Friday while speaking at an event in New York state and has since been in a critical condition.
Deputy President William Ruto has taken a slight lead over ex-Prime Minister, Raila Odinga – 51 per cent against 48 per cent.
The announcement has eased a crisis that had escalated fears about the risk of armed conflict in the region surrounding Taiwan.
The UN communication comes after the BBC filed an urgent appeal to the UN in February 2022 against Iran’s ongoing harassment of BBC News Persian journalists.
The victims included four civilians and 17 Malian troops.
The 76-year-old Republican associates hinted that Trump was not present during the search, but said to be in the New York City area.
Six children and several PIJ fighters – including leaders Khaled Mansour and Tayseer Jabari – are among the 32 Palestinians reported to have died.
Guterres said this Saturday in Japan at a Peace Memorial Ceremony, marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
The Palestinian Health Ministry which confirmed this revealed that the Israeli security forces opened fire following an attack by several armed Palestinians in Jenin in the northern West Bank late Monday.
The country’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Tuesday that some 696 made the journey in 14 boats Monday.
Consequently, the next parliamentary elections will now hold on October 2, the head of State’s Press Secretariat said.
Turkish and Ukrainian officials say the ship left the southern port of Odesa early Monday morning local time.
A landmark deal to resume Ukraine’s grain exports – signed hours before the strike – now hangs in the balance.
The agreement will allow millions of tonnes of grain, currently trapped in Ukraine by the war, to be exported.
Putin is holding meetings with Iran’s president and supreme leader, as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Princess Gloria Akobundu, the Chief Executive Officer of AUDA-NEPAD, Nigeria, said this in Abuja Tuesday at a three-day workshop on application of Juncao Technology and its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).