Basil Rajapaksa acquitted in another case

Activist slams Pak FM Zardari over mass killing of teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): A rights activist has slammed Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is in Goa to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers? meeting, over the killing of seven school teachers in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Thursday. Condemning Zardari over the mass killing of Shia teachers in Pakistan, Shujaat Ali Quadri, Chairman of the Muslim Students Organisation in India, asked why his governemnt and the security agencies could not protect the mi

25 May, 2023

Norochcholai Coal Power Plant plagued by problems since its inception

By Y P Prakash A generator unit at The Norochcholai Power Plant recently suffered another breakdown, as reported by the Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, in a tweet. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had informed him about the breakdown in unit 3 of the Norochcholaipower plant. Unit 3 was scheduled for major overhaul maintenance in April 2023. To ensure an uninterrupted power supply, the CEB will utilize its own Diesel & Fuel Oil Power plants for electricity generation. The M

25 May, 2023

UAE woos Indian businesses with free zone opportunities

NEW DELHI: A UAE free economic zone invited Indian companies on Thursday to expand operations into the region, as the Gulf state tries to attract investors from South Asia?s largest economy with new opportunities. Economic ties between India and the UAE received a major boost when their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement came into force in May last year. The landmark deal reduced tariffs on about 80 percent of all goods and provided zero-duty access to 90 percent of Indian exports.

25 May, 2023