Aava group leader remanded, more arrested

Police chief blames cops as gun violence continues in Sri Lanka

Inspector General of Police (IGP) C. D. Wickramaratne accused senior Police officers of failing to prevent recent shootings as the gun violence continued today. Wickramaratne had reportedly told Public Security Minister Tiran Alles that the inefficiency of certain senior Police officers and the Officers-In-Charge (OIC) in the Western and Southern provinces was the reason crimes were continuing in these areas. In response the Minister has instructed the IGP to transfer the Police officers who f

22 Jun, 2023

UN Secretary General assures Sri Lanka support

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres assured President Wickremesinghe UN assistance for Sri Lanka in its economic recovery and debt sustainability endeavours. President Wickremesinghe met Guterres on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact. The meeting served as an opportunity for President Wickremesinghe to provide an update on the progress made in Sri Lanka?s economic recovery and debt restructuring efforts, as well as to present the Government?s ambitious climate prospe

23 Jun, 2023

China was the ghost at the US-India feast

CNN- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi basked in the?most lavish honors?that the US can bestow on a visiting leader. But for much of?his state visit, the specter of an uninvited guest hovered over Washington and the future of US-India relations. China ? and the growing belief that the US is on a collision course with the Asian power ? is driving the relationship between Washington and India. That helps explain why?President Joe Biden?and Congress feted Modi despite the fact that his populist

23 Jun, 2023