SJB candidate Wadigamangawa dies in motor accident

Taiwan scrambles jets as Chinese air force enters air defence zone

Taiwan’s air force scrambled on Sunday to warn off eight Chinese aircraft including fighter jets that entered its air defence zone, its defence ministry said, at a time of heightened tensions across the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by China’s air force near the self-ruled island, often in the southwestern part of its air defence zone near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands. The Chinese aircraft included six J-16 fighters, one anti-sub

31 Oct, 2021

India to raise issues related to terrorism at G20 Summit in Rome

India will raise issues related to cross-border terrorism, terror financing and terror-related activities having an impact on it and the world at the G20 summit with member countries also slated to discuss ways to build back from COVID-19 pandemic, External Affairs Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday. Briefing reporters about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Italy for G20 summit and to the UK for COP 26 meeting, Shringla said that G20 follows an economics-oriented agenda bu

31 Oct, 2021

Muslim community shocked and dismayed over Task Force

The Sri Lanka Muslim community expressed shock and dismay over the establishment of the ?Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law? under the leadership of a controversial monk. The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) said that the Muslim community, as citizens of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, have been living for many centuries as one country and one Nation, with their individual, cultural, religious laws and identities under the protection of one Sri Lankan Constituti

30 Oct, 2021