Dinesh gets Champika Ranawaka’s Ministry

Targeted killings are terrorizing Afghans. And no one is claiming them.

A military prosecutor who thought upholding the law was the highest honor, a doctor who inspired her family to study medicine, a journalist who wanted to hold those in power to account and a human-rights activist who sought to combat poverty in her home province: all murdered within weeks by unknown attackers as winter settled over Afghanistan. Their deaths offer a glimpse into the targeted killings of community leaders and off-duty security forces that have wracked Afghanistan for months ? the

05 Jan, 2021

Highway blocked in protest over Iran trade gate closure

Local residents on Saturday blocked the RCD Highway at Taftan for hours in protest against prolonged closure of the gate meant for tax-free trade with Iran. Local tribal leaders and political and religious figures, along with their supporters, suspended traffic on the highway at Saindak Cross. The road was finally reopened in the afternoon after successful negotiations between protesters and the assistant commissioner of Taftan. Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam leader Maulana Najeebullah Moham

05 Jan, 2021

Disinformation by media over damage to glass cover of Mawanella Buddha statue

Police investigations have revealed that disinformation had been spread by the media over the damage caused to the glass cover of a Buddha statue in Mawanella. Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that some media had claimed that extremism or terrorism was linked to the incident. He said that similar claims were spread over social media as well but investigations have found that the claims are false. The glass cover surrounding the statue in the Hingula area in M

05 Jan, 2021