Seychelles and Sri Lanka discuss heroin smuggling issue

Defence Secretary questions Chinese Embassy on camouflage uniforms

Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd) has questioned the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka over camouflage uniforms worn by Chinese employees of a private company in Tissamaharama. The opposition had recently questioned the presence of foreigners in Tissamaharama wearing clothing similar to the Chinese military uniform. Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Manusha Nanayakkara raised the concerns in Parliament saying workers attached to a project in Tissamaharama were seen wearing clothing sim

29 Jun, 2021

Report on Parliament clash to be handed over to Speaker next week

A report on the clash which took place in Parliament on 21 April will be handed over to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena next week. Members of the Government and opposition clashed in Parliament on April 21, on the anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks. The committee appointed to look in to the incidents that took place in the Parliament chamber and Parliament premises on April 21, 2021 met yesterday (Monday) and decided to submit its report to the Speaker next week. The Committee met unde

29 Jun, 2021

Pakistan?s rapid descent into a vassal of China and its complicity in the atrocities against the Uyghurs

11-06-2021,[European Foundation for South Asian Studies]: Pakistan has been a great vocal champion of the rights of Muslims across the world, especially when its support is measured in terms of the pitch of its outcries to the sometimes real, and at other times perceived, wrongs committed against Muslims in distant lands. Since Imran Khan became the Prime Minister in 2017, the country has sought to position itself as the prime defender of the Islamic faith. Khan himself has personally sought to

29 Jun, 2021