Sampanthan tells NPC members to withdraw no-confidence motion

Power cuts extended to 13 hours

The power cuts have been extended to 13 hours tomorrow with some areas set to experience the outage even between midnight and 5am. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had requested approval for a 13-hour power cut. The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) approved the request by the CEB.

30 Mar, 2022

Police fire tear gas at protesters near President’s house

The Police fired tear gas after a protest staged near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s private residence in Mirihana turned violent late this evening. What began as a large silent protest, later turned violent as the people attempted to advance near the President’s house. The protesters made several attempts to push the barricades placed by the Police down. Eventually one line of barricades was pushed down and the Police fired water cannons and tear gas. Angry protesters pelted stones at the t

31 Mar, 2022

Hope China follows independent policy on India, S Jaishankar on Wang Yi’s OIC remark

Hope China follows independent policy on India, S Jaishankar on Wang Yi’s OIC remark S Jaishankar said on Friday that the remark made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the OIC meet, which had sparked a strong response from New Delhi, featured in the delegation-level talks between the two ministers. Speaking to reporters here after the talks between the two ministers, Jaishankar said he conveyed that India hopes that China would follow an independent policy in respect to New Delhi and will

30 Mar, 2022