Earlier this month, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posted a video investigation that used the Instagram posts of a woman with the handle Nastya Rybka to build a corruption investigation involving one of Russia's wealthiest men and a powerful government official. 

Rybka — who is actually a Belarus-born woman named Anastasia Vashukevich — works as an escort, which is how she wound up posting a video of her and others cavorting with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. Also seen in the video hanging out on Deripaska's yacht: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko, which Nalvany said showed the close link between oligarchs and the Russian government. 

UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera yesterday charged that a sum of Rs.4 billion had gone out of Sri Lanka as the net outflow from the equity market as a result of the decision by President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint a new Prime Minister.

“This reaction by foreign investors will have a negative effect on the Sri Lankan economy especially in the face of the prevailing global economic crisis,” Mr. Samaraweera said in a statement issued last evening.

An Instagram star who appeared on a show linked to a cash for sex scandal has become a laughing stock in Turkey thanks to a badly translated tattoo. Naz Mila, 26, wanted to get a tattoo that said ‘only God can judge my mistakes and truths’ – a well-known phrase in the country. But she appears to have used a dodgy translator which gave her: ‘I can judge a single god with my wrongs and wrongs.’

The United National Party (UNP) said yesterday, the statement made by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that he would only recognise the status quo that prevailed in Parliament before the appointment of the new prime minister was an indication that the new government was illegal.

UNP Spokesman Harin Fernando told a media briefing that the Speaker had made it clear through his statement that the appointment of Mr. Rajapaksa was unlawful.

The United National Party (UNP) today released an audio recording as evidence to prove that the government was attempting to ‘buy’ UNP MPs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sartorial choices have taken the world by storm. Clad in his statement Nehru jacket - renamed 'Modi' jacket post 2014 - and full-sleeved kurta pajamas, the Prime Minister's wardrobe has brought super stardom to Indian politics.

Many politicians in the past have influenced generations of youngsters to groom themselves better. But in current-day India, it is PM Modi who has gained followers with his distinctive yet simple half-sleeve jacket and has made it a style statement for many of his fans.

Dialog Axiata PLC and Ericsson" two of the leading communication service providers" and the Ministry of Telecommunication" Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment" signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up Sri Lanka’s first 5G Innovation Center'

The signing of the MOU took place with the attendance of many participants including Minister of Telecommunication" Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment Harin Fernando" and Deputy Minister of Telecommunication" Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara'

So Sri Lanka’ will become Sri Lanka’s new tourism tagline from November 5, replacing ‘Wonder of Asia’, Mirror Business reliably learns.

Sources close to developing the tagline said the “out-of-the-box and simple” tagline aims to bring out the authenticity of Sri Lanka’s tourism product with greater engagement with travellers and locals. 

Speaking to Mirror Business, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) Chairman Dehan Seneviratne, who was not in a position to reveal the new tagline officially, however noted that the new tagline would be officially launched at WTM in London, on November 5.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that he didn’t believe that the Cabinet Ministers would have any links with the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) of India.

Responding to journalists after visiting the Henakaduwa Temple at Tangalle, Mr Rajapaksa, however, said the act of one of the Ministers working for the RAW would amount to treason.

A total of 3,560 people were arrested for various offences and another 6,020 had been charged with traffic violations during a four-hour special countrywide raid carried out by the Police this morning.

Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said the raid was carried out from 3.00 a.m to 7. 00 a.m today and more than 18,000 Police officers took part.

The Sri Lanka Army said today that it would prove that Commander of its 200-strong contingent assigned to the UN peacekeeping force in Mali Lt. Col. Kalana Amunupure, was not guilty of any Human Rights abuses in the last stages of the war.

Military Spokesman Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said however that it would comply with the UN request and take steps to recall Lt. Col. Amunupure, when an official request was received.

Canada becomes the first major industrialized country to fully decriminalize cannabis for recreational use on Wednesday, fulfilling a 2015 election pledge from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a process that has proved massively complex and remains fraught with uncertainty.

Pretty Mabel Goo, 24, has been described as the world’s “most beautiful” air stewardess after being pictured by a customer.

Flyer George Wong took a photo of Mabel during his Air Asia flight from Hong Kong on October 12 and uploaded the image to Facebook.

The admirer wrote: “Affordable fares with incredible views, what is there to complain about?”

The photo showing Mabel serving crisps from a trolley quickly went viral generating 4,000 likes and 2,000 shares.

The monsoon rains, once again interrupted as it delayed the start of play by more than five and half hours. England bowlers led by leg-spinner Adil Rashid and seamer Tom Curran managed to restrict Sri Lanka to 150/9 after a blistering start by the Lankan openers.

But, the Englishmen made short work of the chase, reaching the target with 15 balls to spare with skipper Eoin Morgan leading the way with a fine, unbeaten 58* along with Ben Stokes’ 24-ball 35* as they cruised to victory, constructing an unbroken 73-run stand for the 4th wicket.

This is the bizarre moment a randy couple is caught on camera in the middle of the day romping at the top of a five-story car park.

Video posted on social media shows the pair going at it, as onlookers can be heard bursting into laughter.

Shocking video shows the couple going at it in the car park, thought to be in Preston

Two bodies have been recovered from a pond in Chaska, Minnesota, during a search for two women who went missing in the early hours of Saturday (October 13).

The families of cousins Bushra Abdi and Zeynab “Hafsa” Abdalla, both 19, called police after they failed to return home from their respective night shifts over the weekend.

The cousins reportedly left their workplaces on Saturday just before 3 a.m. Abdalla, who works in Shakopee, arrived to pick up Abdi, who works in Chaska.

IF Princess Eugenie was nervous on her big day, you’d never have known it.

From the first glimpse of her sitting regally in the back of the wedding car with her father Prince Andrew, she was the star of the show.

A beauty queen, Khanittha Phasaeng from Thailand has emerged as the winner in a national beauty pageant competition called Miss Uncensored News Thailand and has admitted that she used to be a garbage collector.

17-year-old Khanittha “Mint” Phasaeng has been helping her mother to collect garbage in order to support themselves. She also had to give up her studies after her sixth year in high school, as her mother couldn’t afford her school fees.

NASA has said search and rescue teams are on their way to the Russian Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft capsule after an issue with its booster rockets meant the two astronauts on board had to abort their mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

It launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague onboard, but they were forced to abandon their flight to the ISS within minutes. They were scheduled for a six-month stay on the ISS.

A team of 30 Sri Lankan Police Officers participated in a comprehensive training program on Industrial Security at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) in Hyderabad, India. The course was organised from 24th to 28th of September.

NISA, an Academy of international repute, was founded in 1990 and it has been recognized as “Center of Excellence in Industrial Security”. NISA is renowned for producing well-trained personnel in the field of Industrial and Critical Infrastructural Security & Management, Aviation Security & Disaster Management and has helped to develop professionals imbibed with highest standards of physical and mental fitness, in-depth knowledge and skills.