President Sirisena appoints two new SLFP organisers

Pakistan provinces unable to pay Dam management dues

Islamabad [Pakistan], February 10 (ANI): Pakistan’s two provinces, Sindh and Balochistan, have not cleared their PKR 1.752 billion outstanding dues to the Hub Dam management on account of water charges, reported local media. A parliamentary panel on Wednesday asked the Sindh and Balochistan governments to clear massive dues to the Hub Dam management, reported Dawn. According to the Pakistani publication, a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Water Resources, presided over

21 Feb, 2022

Chinese authorities detain nomadic Tibetans over politically sensitive material on cell phones

Chinese authorities in the country’s Tibet Autonomous Region are detaining more nomadic Tibetans in Drago county and sending them to labour camps for having content deemed politically inappropriate on their cell phones, according to a media report. “Many Tibetans were detained in January after Drago county police searched their phone data in Likhog town,” Radio Free Asia (RFA) quoted a Tibetan in exile who has a source inside the region. The source also said that most of them are detained in a

19 Feb, 2022

Foreign Minister to brief UNHRC and meet Bachelet

Foreign Minister Prof G.L.?Peiris is to lead Sri Lanka’s delegation to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and will also meet the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. The 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council will take place from 28 February to 1 April, 2022 in Geneva. During the Session the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will present a written update on Sri Lanka to the Council and there will be an Interactive Dialogue on Sri?Lanka on 3

20 Feb, 2022