South African cricket team tested for Covid

Rohingya sue Facebook for ?150bn over Myanmar hate speech

Dozens of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have sued Facebook, accusing the social media giant of allowing hate speech against them to spread. They are demanding more than $150bn (?113bn) in compensation, claiming Facebook’s platforms promoted violence against the persecuted minority. An estimated 10,000 Rohingya Muslims were killed during a military crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017. Facebook, now called Meta, did not immediately respond to the allegations. The company is acc

07 Dec, 2021

Jacqueline Fernandez barred from leaving Mumbai

Indian authorities have barred actress Jacqueline Fernandez from leaving the country saying she may be required to join an ongoing money laundering investigation against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and others. The 36-year-old actress was first stopped by the immigration authorities at the Mumbai airport on the basis of a Look Out Circular (LoC) issued by the federal probe agency, the Press Trust of India reported. Sleuths then reached the Mumbai airport and disallowed her travel, aski

06 Dec, 2021

Young woman dies as more gas cylinders explode

A young woman has died from injuries sustained from a gas cylinder explosion while another gas cylinder exploded in Nikaweratiya. The latest explosion was reportedly caused by a leak in the gas cylinder. No one was in the house at the time of the explosion. Meanwhile, a young woman who was receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital following a recent gas cylinder explosion, succumbed to her injuries today. The 19-year-old woman was a resident of Welikanda. Yesterday another gas le

26 Nov, 2021