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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew ahead of 'Arab Spring" style protest
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Ahead of an 'Arab Spring" style protest scheduled to be staged on Sunday, a nationwide curfew has been declared by Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka prohibits people from staying in public places
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday issued an Extraordinary Gazette barring people from staying in public places ahead of a planned protest for Sunday.
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China reports 1,455 new local COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 3 (AN): The Chinese mainland reported 1,455 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide social media blackout
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka government imposed a nationwide social media blackout after midnight on Sunday, April 3, according to an internet observatory.
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Anger brews over Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai as cases continue to spike
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 3 (ANI): As China's daily COVID-19 cases reached a record high on Friday, the country is struggling to manage growing public displeasure over the Covid-Zero policy in Shanghai.
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Sri Lanka: Emergency should not become pretext for rights violations, says
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): A London based rights watchdog on Saturday warned the Sri Lankan government that the declaration of emergency in the island nation, in the name of public security, should not become a pretext for human rights violations.
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Amid dearth of resources, COVID infections widely spreading among elderly
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 2 (ANI): The Covid infection in China's Shanghai Hospital, a facility where the COVID crisis is unfolding, the infection is majorly spreading among the older population and people are continuously losing their lives for the past three days with a dearth of tests and o
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Despite security concerns of Russia, its aggression against Ukraine cannot
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 2 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa on Saturday said despite legitimate security concerns of Russia, its aggression against a smaller country cannot be condoned.
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Sri Lanka imposes 36-hour nationwide curfew amid economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide curfew starting at 6 pm in the evening today till the morning 6 am on Monday (April 4) following unrest in the country with protests outside the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid the ongoing economic crisis in th
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Cabinet Ministers rejects Imran's 'anti-America' perception, blames US for
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 2 (ANI): Pakistan Cabinet Members rejected that Prime Minister Imran Khan is 'anti-America' and accused the US of not accepting PM's "independent foreign policy" over Ukraine.
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High Commission in Colombo denies reports of India dispatching soldiers to
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka denies reports of India dispatching its soldiers to Sri Lanka and called the reports 'completely baseless'.
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Pope Francis says visit to Ukraine 'is on the table'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], April 2 (ANI): As Ukrainian cities continue to be decimated under heavy bombardments and shelling, Pope Francis while speaking with the journalists said that a trip to Ukraine "is on the table."
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