Navy Sampath remanded till August 29 over abductions

New Zealand assures Sri Lanka continuous assistance

New Zealand has assured Sri Lanka continuous assistance. The High Commissioner of New Zealand, Michael Appleton called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Minister referred to decades of cordial relations and thanked New Zealand for the continued support and assistance extended during challenging times. The High Commissioner was briefed on the economic downturn that Sri Lanka is encountering at present and the progress made so far on t

11 Aug, 2022

China?s ?politically motivated? actions blocking sanctions on Pak-based terrorist exposes its doublespeak: sources

China?s doublespeak and double standards against the world?s shared battle against terrorism have been exposed by its actions at the United Nations Security Council, where Beijing stalled a joint proposal of the US and India to blacklist a Pakistan-based terrorist, Abdul Rauf Azhar, government sources said on Thursday. Such politically motivated actions by China, in nearly every listing case of a Pakistan-based terrorist, undermine the entire sanctity of the working methods of the UNSC Sanction

10 Aug, 2022

Deepening fault-lines between citizens and the Chinese administration

Since the beginning of 2022, China is witnessing a constant rise in terms of civilian demonstrations. Across the major political hotspots throughout China which include Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Anhui, the numbers suggest that there have been 430 civilian demonstrations to date which were followed by 120 authoritarian responses by the state. The key reason behind this rise in the number of protests is stricter COVID-19 related lockdown restrictions that are being imposed in th

10 Aug, 2022