Term of Commission probing SriLankan / Mihin extended

At BRICS NSAs? meeting, Doval calls for need to bolster cooperation against terrorism without any reservation

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval attended the BRICS NSA meeting in a virtual format on Wednesday and stressed the need to bolster cooperation against terrorism without any reservations as he welcomed the cooperation ongoing among the five-nation grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to address the issue of terrorism, sources said. In a meeting hosted by Chinese NSA Yang Jiechi, NSA Doval emphasised the need for urgent reform of the

24 Jun, 2022

Man waiting in fuel queue for days dies

A man who had been waiting in a fuel queue for days in Batagoda, in the Kalutara District has died. The 63-year-old man had been waiting in the queue for at least 5 days. According to reports, the individual had been waiting in the queue to obtain diesel. A number of others have also died over the past couple of months while waiting in a queue for fuel or kerosene. Sri Lanka is facing a serious shortage of fuel and kerosene resulting in long queues outside fuel stations. (Colombo Gazette)

23 Jun, 2022

China’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan Strait false, says Taiwan

New Delhi: Taiwan on Tuesday said that China’s claim of Sovereignty over the Taiwan Strait is false and the only waters over which any country has full sovereignty are its 12-nautical mile territorial waters. While accusing Beijing of distorting international law, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokeswoman, Joanne Ou said that by ignoring Taipei’s sovereignty claim over the Taiwan Strait and downgrading the strait to its own exclusive economic zone (EEZ), China revealed its ambition

24 Jun, 2022