Wimal grilled at BIA by CID on passport

China?s blacklisting strategy in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan government?s Vistas of Prosperity and Splendor Agenda, aiming to improve the Sri Lankan peoples? health, seeks to phase out the use of fertilizers and agrochemicals in domestic crop cultivation. The framework promotes organic agriculture, organic fertilizers, organic food consumption, and the export of organic food and agricultural products. The government subsidizes rice production to ensure rice self-sufficiency (a national food security objective). Up to now, it was providing

23 Nov, 2021

Protests intensify in Pak’s Gwadar against China’s CPEC projects

Massive protests have erupted in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar against unnecessary checkpoints, a severe shortage of water and electricity and threats to livelihoods from illegal fishing, part of a growing backlash in the country against China’s multibillion-dollar belt and road projects. The protests organised by workers of some political parties, civil rights activists, fishermen and concerned citizens have been going on for a week at Y Chowk on Port Road in Gwadar, a coastal town in the res

23 Nov, 2021

Trial begins against 25 accused over Easter Sunday attacks

The trial against 25 suspects accused over the Easter Sunday attacks, began at the Colombo High Court today. The suspects were produced in court under tight security. The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar had earlier indicted the 25 defendants including Naufar Moulavi who are accused of carrying out suicide attacks on Easter Sunday in April 2019, killing more than 300 people and injuring about 500 others. The Police had previously filed 23,270 charges against 25 suspects in the case including N

23 Nov, 2021