Petroleum unions threaten to strike over demands

India begins teaching Sri Lanka Police Hindi

India has begun teaching the Sri Lanka Police Hindi, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. The High Commission of India launched a ?Hindi Proficiency Course? for Sri Lanka Police personnel on the occasion of the World?Hindi Day on January 10, 2022. The launch event was held at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), the cultural arm of the High Commission and was attended by Major General (Retd.) Jagath Alwis, Secretary, Ministry of Public Security as the Chief Guest and Mr. C.D. W

12 Jan, 2022

Sudden disruption to power supply in multiple areas

A sudden disruption to the power supply was reported in multiple areas late this evening. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that power cuts were reported from a number of areas including Nugegoda, Maharagama, Malabe, Wattala, Mount Lavinia and Ratmalana. The CEB said that the power cuts were caused by a technical fault of a privately-owned generator providing electricity to the national grid. The CEB had yesterday released a schedule in preparation for islandwide power cuts. The schedu

11 Jan, 2022

China looking for data of foreign targets through western social media

China is now deep diving into social media of western countries to equpit its ilitary with information on foreign targets. This revelation was made following the review of hundreds of Chinese bidding documents, contracts, and company filings. This new report says that China maintains a nationwide network of data surveillance services that were developed over the past decade and are used domestically to warn officials of politically sensitive information online. The software, which targets dom

11 Jan, 2022