TNA asserts new Constitution is a key requirement

Speaker Mahinda Yapa tests positive for Covid

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Speaker was found to be infected following a Rapid Antigen Test. It was reported that a number of employees at his official residence have also tested positive. The Speaker is the latest among several parliamentarians who tested positive for the virus over the past couple of weeks. The spread of the Omicron variant in Sri Lanka has resulted in the number of people infected increasing rapidly. Over 95% of Covid cas

29 Jan, 2022

PM Modi to host first India-Central Asia meet virtually on Thursday

Prime Minister?Narendra Modi?will host the first-ever meeting of the India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on Thursday. The virtual event will see the participation of Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This will be the first engagement of its kind between India and the Central Asian countries at the level of leaders, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). “The first India-Central Asia Summit is a reflection of India’s gro

28 Jan, 2022

India begins probe into fake passports racket with LTTE connections

The Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and launched a probe in connection with the arrest of three Sri Lankan nationals with fake passports who were allegedly involved in raising money to revive the LTTE. According to a report on IANS, out of the three persons, two of them had fake Indian passports while the third person had a fake Spanish passport. All three of them were arrested in October 2021 but a case has been registered after NIA took over the case in Januar

29 Jan, 2022