CCD Director among top cops transferred

Afghanistan: Taliban rejects US peace plan, six-month extension on troops withdrawal deadline

Taliban have rejected the United States’ plan to restore peace in Afghanistan as well as the proposed six-month delay in the withdrawal of the American troops. The message was published in English on the Taliban’s Voice of Jihad website, which produces media in multiple languages for the group’s Islamic Emirate, according to American news website FDD’s Long War Journal. “The Islamic Emirate responded firmly to Biden’s comments and announced that if the occupying forces do not leave by the agre

19 Apr, 2021

Five Sri Lankans arrested by India at sea with 340 kg of heroin

Five Sri Lankans have been arrested at sea by India with 340 kg of heroin. The Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized nearly 340 kg of heroin from a Sri Lankan boat and arrested five people for drug trafficking in Kochi, the Indian media reported. Initial interrogation of the five men has led the NCB to believe that the Sri Lankan boat had picked up the drug consignment from a red-coloured Iranian boat. The NCB hasn?t clarified the intended destination of the drug consignment. Officials

19 Apr, 2021

Supreme Court postpones further hearing into Port City Economic Commission Bill

The Supreme Court today postponed further hearing into the Port City Economic Commission Bill until tomorrow. The court commenced hearings into the Bill today after a number of petitions had been filed. The Supreme Court postponed further hearing of the petitions until 10 am tomorrow (20). Several petitions were filed by various parties challenging the Port City Economic Commission Bill. The Petitions were filed by the United National Party, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka Podujana

19 Apr, 2021