Catholic Church accuses Sirisena of being politically bankrupt

Microsoft says it disrupts activities of China-based hacking group

Washington, US: The corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Customer Security and Trust (CST) team, Tom Burt, said Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has disrupted the activities of a China-based hacking group that has been termed “Nickel” by the American multinational technology company. In his blog post, Tom said: “In documents that were unsealed today, a federal court in Virginia has granted our request to seize websites Nickel was using to attack organizations in the United States and 28 o

16 Dec, 2021

Some SLPP MPs unhappy with prorogation of Parliament

By Easwaran Rutnam Most Cabinet Ministers are said to have been kept in the dark over the move by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to prorogue Parliament on Sunday. The President prorogued Parliament with effect from Sunday night and left for Singapore the next day on a private visit. A senior Cabinet Minister, speaking on the condition of anonymity said that he and most others were caught by surprise when the President prorogued Parliament. He said the reason behind the sudden decision to proro

16 Dec, 2021

No inter-province travel ban in new health guidelines

An inter-province travel ban has not been enforced in a new set of health guidelines issued for the Christmas season. Public Health Inspectors had called for an inter-province travel ban during Christmas in order to prevent a Covid crisis in the new year. However, an inter-province travel ban has not been enforced in the new health guidelines which will be in effect from 16th December to 31st December 2021. Covid restrictions have been further relaxed in the new guidelines including the numbe

16 Dec, 2021