Six Indian fishermen arrested by navy

China would be facing serious geopolitical, other challenges during Xi’s third term: Report

China faces a once-in-a-generation economic challenge and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) decisions will significantly shape the lives of the country’s 1.4 billion people. This indicates that Chinese President Xi Jinping foresees in his third term that China would be facing the most serious geopolitical and other challenges in the next five years, reported Geopolitica.info. During the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the obvious happened. Xi Jinping’s intent to contin

08 Dec, 2022

CEB suffers Rs. 152 billion loss in 2022

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has suffered an estimated loss of Rs. 152 billion in the year 2022, the Government said today. Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera told Parliament that the CEB has suffered a loss of Rs. 112 billion in the year 2022, until the month of October. He said it is estimated that the loss will reach Rs. 152 billion by the end of December. Meanwhile, the Minister said the committee appointed to restructure the CEB has proposed to replace the Public Utiliti

08 Dec, 2022

Sri Lanka abstains from UN vote on resolution against ASAT tests

Sri Lanka has abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations (UN) against ASAT tests. The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of the resolution for countries not to conduct direct-ascent antisatellite tests that create space debris. The United States initiated the effort to get countries to stop creating space debris by shooting missiles at their own satellites after Russia?s antisatellite test on November 15, 2021. US Vice President Kamala Harris, as ch

08 Dec, 2022