Heroin worth Rs. 100 million and weapons seized

Air quality unhealthy in parts of Sri Lanka

The air quality has dropped to unhealthy levels in parts of Sri Lanka, including Colombo. The air quality in most cities in Sri Lanka was above the unhealthy mark of 150 today. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Colombo was recorded at around 186 this morning. Meanwhile, IQAir said that the air quality in Jaffna was recorded at around 178, Negombo 174, and Dambulla 165. The public have been urged to wear face masks and stay indoors as much as possible. Meanwhile, Nuwara Eliya recorded clean air

08 Dec, 2022

China would be facing serious geopolitical, other challenges during Xi’s third term: Report

China faces a once-in-a-generation economic challenge and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) decisions will significantly shape the lives of the country’s 1.4 billion people. This indicates that Chinese President Xi Jinping foresees in his third term that China would be facing the most serious geopolitical and other challenges in the next five years, reported Geopolitica.info. During the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the obvious happened. Xi Jinping’s intent to contin

08 Dec, 2022

China’s security forces mobilise, intensify patrolling to put end to Covid protests

After ongoing protests in China against the zero COVID policy have grabbed global attention, the security forces in the country have started to mobilise to call off the demonstrations by strict patrolling on streets and checking cell phones of the protesters to warn them for the actions, CNN reported on Tuesday. On Monday and Tuesday, as a large number of demonstrators assembled and filled the streets in several regions of China, the police in some places used surveillance techniques to frighte

08 Dec, 2022