Budget second reading passed

Speaker rejects Ranil’s proposed amendment to motion

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has rejected an amendment proposed by Parliamentarian Ranil Wickremesinghe to the no-confidence motion on Power and Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila. Wickremesinghe had proposed that the motion be amended to include the entire Cabinet as opposed to just the subject Minister. However, the Speaker today informed Parliament that the amendment cannot be accepted as it is not in line with the original motion which is against the subject Minister and not the entire C

20 Jul, 2021

Pakistan: Police fire tear gas, baton charge students protesting against fee hike

Peshawar [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): In yet another case of brutality in Pakistan, the Police in Peshawar baton-charged and fired tear gas on Islamia College students, who were protesting against a hike in fees. On Wednesday, students staged a demonstration against a hike in fees, blocking the city?s University Road. Police, to clear the road for traffic, used batons and tear gas on students due to which several of them were injured, Geo News reported. It further reported that protesting studen

20 Jul, 2021

China cancels one flight to Sri Lanka and suspends another

China has decided to cancel one flight to Sri Lanka and suspend another after some passengers were found to be infected with the coronavirus. China Eastern Airlines’ flights from Colombo to Shanghai will be suspended for two weeks by China’s civil aviation regulator from July 26, the Shanghai Daily reported. Flight MU232 was suspended after six passengers on another flight, MU714, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, tested positive for COVID-19 on July 6,

19 Jul, 2021