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Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins the Booker Prize 2022

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous Sri Lankan civil war, has won the Booker Prize. The?Sri Lankan writer’s novel?is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war. Camilla, the Queen Consort, presented the prize, and the author said it had been “an honour and a privilege” to be on the shortlist. Pop singer Dua Lipa was the star guest. The prestigious ?50

18 Oct, 2022

Pakistan?s ex-PM Imran Khan shot in leg at protest march

Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has sustained a bullet injury in his leg after shots were fired at a?rally?in Gujranwala. Azhar Mashwani, an official with Khan?s? Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, confirmed to Al Jazeera that the politician was shot in the leg but was not in danger. He was taken to a hospital in Lahore. Khan has been leading a?protest march to the capital, Islamabad, demanding snap elections. (Al Jazeera) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is seen been

03 Nov, 2022

Danushka Gunathilaka arrested in Sydney over alleged sexual assault

By Easwaran Rutnam Sri Lankan World Cup cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka has been charged following the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Sydney’s east. The Australian media reported that the cricketer has been arrested at the team hotel. He has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met in Australia. Gunathilaka is to be produced in court tomorrow. He had contacted the Australian woman through Tinder and then met her at a bar on Wednesday night. According to investigators, Gun

06 Nov, 2022