This morning, the Sri Lankan president formalized the victory of the regular army over the Tamil separatists. In a nationally broadcast address to parliament, Mahinda Rajapaksa declared the end of 25 years of civil war. “The law now reigns over the whole country,” he said. The last fights took place in a handkerchief of 300…
Tams tams and applause fed to the proclamation of the results of the legislative elections in Sri Lanka. The United National Party, in power since January, won the legislative ballot with 106 seats, only seven seats away from the absolute majority. Outgoing Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is therefore almost guaranteed to stay in his post….
With the new iOS and iPadOS 15 operating systems, Apple is relying on a gender-neutral language. With colons, people in the apps are to be treated gender-neutral in the future. Stuttgart – In the future, Apple will use a gender-neutral language for texts on iPhone s and iPads: With the new iOS and iPadOS operating…
WhatsApp executives announced the upcoming arrival of new features on their messaging application during an update. Inspired by Snapchat, an option will allow you to delete messages for all the recipients of the same conversation. The WhatsApp messaging platform will soon add a new feature to its mobile application, offering to delete messages for all…
Streaming provider Netflix is losing a lot of money by sharing passwords. He wants to defend himself against this. But question marks remain. Netflix is walking a tightrope: They don’t want to alienate customers, but they also want all users to pay. Some Netflix users in the US have recently seen a text displayed when…
A “historic victory for the nation”… These are the words of the president of Sri Lanka, whose army today seized the city of Kilinochchi, political capital of the rebels of the Tamil Tigers. Last September, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations present in Kilinocchi had to withdraw under pressure from the Sri Lankan state, as a…
Problems for many users Twitter has technical problems and the hashtag #Twitterdown climbs trends for users who have the ability to use the social network. Many complain of difficulties viewing their profile and posting. The message ‘something went wrong’ alternates with the message “We have some technical problem. Thanks for reporting. We will fix the…
The end is approaching for Internet Explorer, one of the oldest web browsers in the world, kept alive by Microsoft, although its market share has decreased drastically over time, informs CNN. Microsoft announced this week that it will end support for Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022, after years of hesitation to announce the end…
Enriching the illustrious panorama of Dubai’s prominent trade events, Serendib Flour Mills, Sri Lanka’s industry front-runner in wheat flour manufacturing, solidified its global presence by participating in the highly anticipated Gulfood 2024 Festival. Embracing the dynamic stage of one of the world’s most influential food industry events, Serendib Mills extended its ethos of ‘Nourishing the…
A banner will identify videos that contain unverified information TikTok also launches new functions in Italy for the identification of misleading or untruthful contents, “in order to limit their sharing within the community”. The announcement comes in a post by Gina Hernandez, Product Manager, and Trust & Safety. Today against fake news “we take a…
Sri Lanka voted today in parliamentary elections that should unsurprisingly end with the victory of President Rajapakse’s party. The head of state called on voters to give his party, the UPFA , the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution. Faced with the UPFA , an exploded opposition. The main opponent, the former head of…
For over a decade, Kilinochchi served as the capital for the Liberation Tigers movement from Tamil Islam. But in November 2008, the Sri Lankan army launched attacks on the city from three different locations. The fighting raged in particular on the A9 motorway, the main axis connecting Colombo with the Tamil areas in the north…
Apple has acquired about 100 companies in the past six years, said the company’s chief executive, Tim Cook. That means buying a company every three to four weeks, he told Apple’s annual shareholders’ meeting. Apple recently had the highest revenue quarter of all time, with $ 111.4 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year…
In this small country of 20 million inhabitants, the defense budget reaches 4% of the GDP . This is to say the weight of the civil war on the economy of Sri Lanka. A war officially started in 1983 even if the first violence dates back to 1972. It left 70,000 dead, weighed heavily on…
In an impressive manifestation of unwavering commitment to sustainability, Talawakelle Tea Estates wins Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2023, a prestigious recognition at the helm of the 20th Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards held by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. This accolade heralds Talawakelle Tea Estates as a paragon within the Sri Lankan tea industry,…
With almost 7 billion and 40 million views, Baby Shark surpassed the song Despacito, released in 2017 by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yanke. Baby Shark became the most watched video on YouTube four years after it was uploaded by Pinkfong. The author is unknown, this song has been sung to young children for some time,…
By summer it will cut 1.3 million tons of Co2, here are the first results of its ‘carbon negative’ strategy New investments in technologies for the removal and capture of carbon nio, including the funding of 26 projects for the removal of more than 1.3 million tons of carbonic dioxide in the atmosphere by this…
New record of the floods in Sri Lanka: the authorities now speak of more than 100 dead. This toll could increase further because several dozen people are still missing. The archipelago is faced with heavy monsoon rains which cause flooding and landslides. It is the western and southern regions that are most affected. Soldiers were…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has put his first tweet, authenticated on the blockchain, up for sale. The highest bid so far is $ 2 million. Twitter boss Jack Dorsey put his very first tweet up for sale on Friday, March 5, and the highest bid was $ 2 million on Saturday, a sign of appetite…
LUXEMBOURG THE PLACE OF jurisdiction for Facebook in Europe is usually the company’s headquarters – and that is Ireland. In one case, however, authorities in Belgium are also allowed to take action against the social network, the ECJ ruled. National data protection authorities can take action against violations by companies in exceptional cases, even if…