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Sri Lanka social media shutdown raises fears
Sri Lanka’s decision to block social media following deadly suicide attacks highlights a growing distrust of online platforms, but critics said the move is likely to restrict the flow of important news and information as well as abusive content. The
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Share the information with us, Muslims urged
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Muslim Religious Affairs Minister Mohamed Hashim Abdul Haleem has called upon mosques to play a vital role in information gathering from the Muslim community in view of the bomb blasts over the weekend. Speaking at a press
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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
In 2018, China stopped accepting foreign plastics for recycling, causing the trade to divert to South East Asia where cowboy firms are dumping and burning waste From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants
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Klang Valley residents prepare for 3-day water disruption starting tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: In less than 24 hours, 577 areas in the Klang Valley will be experiencing temporary water supply disruption from April 24 to 27 due to improvement works on water supply system at Sungai Selangor Phase 2 Water Treatment
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Philippines rocked by deadly 6.1-magnitude earthquake
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda, at least eight people in the province were killed in the quake measuring 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Bodega on the Philippine island of Luzon on
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Spice trader dies after family members killed
By: K Pragalath COLOMBO: A famous spice trader Ibrahim Dawood Hathiyar of Colombo died tragically after it was discovered that he had rented out his home to terrorists who launched an attack on the Shangrila Hotel. “Ibrahim Dawood Hathiyar, a
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Coordinated attacks with the aid of international militants
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan officials said that the coordinated bombings of churches and hotels across the country on Easter Sunday had been carried out by National Thowheeth Jamaat, a little-known radical Islamist group, with help from international militants. Rajitha Senaratne, the
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Breaking: Bomb blasts continue to haunt Sri Lanka
Colombo: According to The Leaders Online Foreign Correspondent Ashraff A Samad, an improvised explosive device was detected inside a van near the St. Anthony’s Church, Jampettah Road, Kochchikade, and was disposed of in controlled explosion at the site by the
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen lost three children
PUCHONG: Online fashion business tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen who is also among UK and Scotland’s biggest landowners has confirmed that he lost three out of four children in the bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Local UK
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MSMW 2019: Digital approaches to boost businesses
PUCHONG: Businesses and industries today need to use the social media today to reach out to the masses instead of using the traditional media. Social media here refers to the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and even LinkedIn to
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