Three people attempting to smuggle foreign currency arrested at BIA

Deepening fault-lines between citizens and the Chinese administration

Since the beginning of 2022, China is witnessing a constant rise in terms of civilian demonstrations. Across the major political hotspots throughout China which include Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Anhui, the numbers suggest that there have been 430 civilian demonstrations to date which were followed by 120 authoritarian responses by the state. The key reason behind this rise in the number of protests is stricter COVID-19 related lockdown restrictions that are being imposed in th

10 Aug, 2022

No power cuts on 11th and 14th August

There will be no power cuts on 11th and 14th August, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said today. The PUCSL also said that 1-hour power cuts will be enforced on 12th and 13th August. The 1-hour power cuts will be enforced between 6pm and 9pm for groups ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRSTUVW. Power cuts have been reduced over the past few days owing to the hydro-electricity catchment areas receiving sufficient rainfall. (Colombo Gazette)

10 Aug, 2022

China?s ?politically motivated? actions blocking sanctions on Pak-based terrorist exposes its doublespeak: sources

China?s doublespeak and double standards against the world?s shared battle against terrorism have been exposed by its actions at the United Nations Security Council, where Beijing stalled a joint proposal of the US and India to blacklist a Pakistan-based terrorist, Abdul Rauf Azhar, government sources said on Thursday. Such politically motivated actions by China, in nearly every listing case of a Pakistan-based terrorist, undermine the entire sanctity of the working methods of the UNSC Sanction

10 Aug, 2022