Nadarajah Sethurupan

It is not often that Usain Bolt is outshone at his own press conference but a Norwegian radio journalist and freestyle rapper managed it in Rio on Monday with a …

Zimbabwe’s NMB Bank says it expects to benefit from the planned consolidation of African investments by its major shareholders, Netherlands development bank FMO, Norfund of Norway and Dutch multinational bank …

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV 2, which belongs to Danish company Egmont, is seeking state support to continue the general broadcasting obligations that it has been carring out since 1992, according …

Norges Bank has increased its shareholding in Dialog Axiata PLC to 96.6 million shares as of end June, data filed with the Colombo Stock Exchange shows. Norway’s Norges Bank, which …

A Norwegian policeman writes himself a 500 NOK (60 USD) ticket for not wearing compulsory life jacket on patrol. Police officer Arne Stavnes was pictured by Norwegian daily VG at …

The European bank that would suffer the smallest capital loss in a recession is DNB ASA, Norway’s biggest lender. According to the financial regulator in Oslo, DNB did so well …

The fossil was originally found on Spitzbergen, the largest island of Svalbard, in 1962. Fifty years later it was rediscovered amongst uncatalogued material in the storage shelves of the University …

Authorities have recovered the body of a well-known Utah defense attorney who fell down a Norway waterfall last month, one of his colleagues has confirmed. Kent Hart was hiking and …

A SHETLAND musician is set to grace the main stage of a top Norwegian festival this weekend. Jack Sandison, who is a guitarist and vocalist with Edinburgh rock n’ rollers …

Princess Märtha Louise, fourth-in-line to the throne of Norway, is set to divorce her husband of 14 years, the writer Ari Behn. The couple’s separation is amicable, according to a …

Norwegian development body Norfund, and private sector development bank FMO is set to acquire a 14.6 per cent stake in BPR, Rwanda’s second largest bank by assets. The three European …

The Philippines Supreme Court has granted a petition filed by the presidential office for the temporary release of two jailed communist leaders to enable them to participate in renewed peace …

People through history have come with all kinds of creative explanations for the northern lights. Per Helge Nylund, who curates the Tromsø Museum, says the myths vary throughout the Arctic. …

A Norwegian tourist arrested in connection with email and Twitter threats against Portland police admitted that he was responsible for the threats, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court …

Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s mother, Inger Wenche Solberg, died on Monday when she was 90 years old. It mentioned by the prime minister on her Facebook page. – In life …

A woman was killed and five others injured in a mass stabbing in central London last night. A 19-year-old Norwegian national of Somalian descent has been arrested in connection with …

Norway exported seafood worth NOK 6.6 billion in July. This is an increase of 15 per cent or NOK 882 million compared with July 2015. So far this year, seafood …

Police in Maine’s largest city have charged a Norwegian man with making threats against officers via email and Twitter. City police say 28-year-old Espen Brungodt was unarmed and offered no …

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg accompanied with a delegation of seven arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago on vacation. Sri Lanka and Norway have enjoyed a longstanding relationship …

An Oslo court on Wednesday jailed two jihadists of Pakistani and Chechen origin for six and seven and a half years respectively for joining the so-called ISIS in Syria. Adam …

Bilateral cooperation between Norway and Brazil is extensive within several industry sectors, as well as in connection with the environment and education, with new areas of cooperation being developed constantly. …

Almost half of all Norwegians believe Russia and President Vladimir Putin pose a “real security threat” to their country, according to Norwegian daily tabloid Dagbladet. Norway is a NATO member …

A Norwegian-US joint venture firm will carry out a two-dimensional (2D) multi-client seismic survey in offshore areas of Bangladesh from December this year, according to sources concerned A proposal of …

‘The fighting in South Sudan is continuing. Norway supports proposals for a new regional protection force in the capital and a strengthening of the mandate of the UN Mission in …

‘I share the concerns that have been expressed by the UN, the EU and the US about Israel’s recent announcements of plans to build new settlement units in East Jerusalem …