Two suspects shot dead by STF in Minuwangoda

Celebrations galore as Sri Lanka welcomes 2023

  By Easwaran Rutnam Celebrations took place around Sri Lanka last night, especially in Colombo, as hundreds gathered to welcome 2023. New Year’s Eve events at hotels in and around Colombo were sold out while some shopping malls that remained opened late into the night were also packed. Hundreds of people also gathered at Galle Face to celebrate the New Year at events organised by the Ministry of Tourism and others. The demonstration site at Galle Face which saw thousands gather to protest

01 Jan, 2023

China’s foreign coastal infrastructure projects come at heavy environmental costs

A recent academic study published in the journal One Earth, reveals that there are environmental downsides to China’s coastal infrastructure and projects with Africa being the worst affected by these projects. The marine habitats in Caribbean Island nations also face high risk. China has constructed numerous ports, bridges and other coastal projects throughout the developing world in recent years in what has been dubbed by Beijing the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road”, part of President Xi Jin

31 Dec, 2022

Iran ousted from UN Women?s Commission in 29-8 vote; India abstains

Iran was ousted from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday evening in the wake of the Mahsa Amini protest. In a vote of 29-8, some 16 countries, including India abstained from the vote. The eight nations who voted against were Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Zimbabwe. The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution to ?remove with immediate effect the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Wome

31 Dec, 2022