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Kim Kardashian closed out the Sunday matinee of The Fear of 13 with an emotional speech directed at death row exoneree Nick Varris, on whom the Broadway show is based. The reality star, 45, looking r

They usually have no problem packing on the PDA – but when it came time to walk the Met Gala red carpet, stars including Harry Styles, Timothée Chalamet and Justin Trudeau left their partners adrift o

The future of fashion has made her Met Gala debut. Blue Ivy, the 14-year-old daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, attended this year’s soiree alongside her famous parents. It has been 10 years since the D

Hugh Jackman has been slammed for attending this year’s Met Gala with his new girlfriend Sutton Foster. The Wolverine star’s shock move was seen as a brutal final blow to his ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furn

{'text': 'Getty Images'} {'text': 'Rescue teams combed the mountainside where the crash happened'} {'text': 'A Boeing 737 plane that plummeted into a Chinese hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people

ඉන්දියාවේ තමිල්නාඩු ප්රාන්ත සභා මැතිවරණයෙන්, විශිෂ්ට ජයක් හිමි කර ගැනීමට සුපිරි නළු තලපති විජේගේ 'තමිලග වෙට්රි කලගම්' (TVK) සමත් විය. ඒ, ආසන 108 ක් දිනා ගනිමිනි. ආසන 100 කට වැඩි ගණනක් දිනූ තනි පක්ෂය ව

(රංජිත් රාජපක්ෂ) හැටන් නගරයේ පිහිටි පෞද්ගලික බැංකුවක ස්වයංක්රිය මුදල් යන්ත්ර (ATM) දෙක කඩා මුදල් සොරා ගැනිමට උත්සහ කල සැකකරු අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සදහා හැටන් පොලිසියේ අපරාධ විමර්ෂණ අංශයේ නිළධාරින් මහජන සහය

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கடந்த 24 மணித்தியாலங்களில் ஐக்கிய அரபு இராஜ்ஜியம் மற்றும் மத்திய கிழக்கு வளைகுடா பிராந்தியத்தில் உள்ள கப்பல்கள் மீது ஈரான் தனது தாக்குதல்களை தீவிரப்படுத்தியுள்ள நிலையில், உலக சந்தையில் எண்ணெய் விலை சு

The Department of Meteorology says the Intertropical Convergence Zone, where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere converge, currently affects Sri Lanka’s weather. As a result, a

Sri Lankan students are among the most affected by Australia’s tightening student visa policies, with new data showing a sharp rise in rejection rates for higher education visas. According to figures

Former Chairman of the National Election Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya, has highlighted the need for new laws to grant voting rights to expatriate workers, facilitate voting for local workers, and pr

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa extended congratulations to Indian actor‑turned‑politician C. Joseph Vijay, calling his victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026 a “resoun

The Accessibility Audit Report of the Ministry of Labour was officially handed over on Monday (04) to the Secretary of the Ministry, S. M. Piyatissa, by the Chair of the Parliamentary Caucus for Perso

Prime Minister and Minister of Education Harini Amarasuriya says Grade 06 education reforms will be implemented in January 2027. Addressing Parliament today (05), PM Amarasuriya said all preparations

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