Air Force defuses bomb on road near BIA

Basil takes oaths as a Member of Parliament

Basil Rajapaksa took oaths today as a Member of Parliament. He took oaths before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. The name of Basil Rajapaksa had been submitted to the Elections Commission to fill the vacant Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National List seat in Parliament. SLPP member Jayantha Ketagoda had earlier resigned from his National List seat to make way for Basil Rajapaksa to enter Parliament. Ketagoda had handed over his resignation letter to Parliament Secretary General Dhammi

08 Jul, 2021

India watching fluid, deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan closely

After the US troop pullout, Afghanistan is seeing a massive surge in violence and Taliban insurgents have launched multiple attacks to gain provinces while Afghan national army commandos are being sent to counter Taliban resurgence. There have been reports of thousands of people fleeing from their homes and also leaving the country amid fighting between the Afghan government forces and Taliban. India said on Thursday that the situation is fluid and evolving and so far Indian embassy in Kabul a

08 Jul, 2021

Two Pakistani terrorists killed in J-K?s Rajouri, two AK-47 rifles, huge cache of ammunition recovered

Two terrorists from Pakistan were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dadal forest area of Sundarbani Sector in Jammu and Kashmir?s Rajouri district and two AK-47 rifles and ammunition in heavy quantity was recovered from them, informed Defence PRO, Jammu. In the operation, Nb Sub Sreejith M and Sep Maruprolu Jaswanth Reddy received fatal injuries, said Defence PRO, adding that a detailed search of the area continues. A statement issued by Defence PRO, Jammu, said that based on info

08 Jul, 2021