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Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe.Ukraine attacked Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack.Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin’s foreign minister for more than 20 years, said that the West was seeking to escalate the Ukraine…

An illegal counterfeit foreign liquor distillery, operated by a Singaporean national, was raided by the Biyagama Excise Special Operations Unit following intelligence provided by the Army Intelligence. The operation led to the arrest of two individuals involved in the illegal activities.The distillery, which had been operating for an extended period in a house in the Mahara Kadawata area, was uncovered through information provided by the Military Intelligence Corps. Upon receiving the information, the Biyagama Excise Special Operations Unit swiftly raided the location, arresting the two individuals involved in the operation, along with the equipment and materials used in the production…

Nadeen Basik, the son of alleged large-scale drug trafficker Shiran Basik, has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake today (28).The officers of the Police Special Task Force (STF) have arrested the suspect who had returned from Dubai, Ada Derana reporter said.Nadeen Basik is the main suspect in a hit-and-run case during a raid in Wellawatta where an STF officer was injured on 16 February 2024.However, he has fled overseas when an overseas travel ban imposed on him over drug trafficking charges, had temporarily been lifted. He has returned to the island this morning onboard an Emirates flights…

Jay Shah, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), was elected unopposed as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday, August 27.At 35, Shah is set to become the youngest person to lead the global cricket governing body after submitting his nomination on the deadline day. He will succeed Greg Barclay, who chose not to seek a third term after assuming the role in 2020. Shah will officially take over as the ICC chair on December 1, 2024.Earlier this month, the ICC announced that elections for the chairman position would only…

Former MP Niroshan Premaratne, who was recently appointed as the Leader of the Democratic Left Front, has resigned from his posts and party membership.He had formally informed his decision to the party secretary – Vasudeva Nanayakkara.In his letter, Premaratne has pointed out that the reluctance of other party members to implement the goals and plans that were previously agreed to, had led to this decision.

The Sri Lanka Navy today (27th August 2024) rescued 02 fishermen from an Indian Fishing Vessel which was in distress in Indian waters, about 08 nautical miles (about 14 km) off the Kachchativu Island north of Sri Lanka. While conducting a foot patrol on Kachchativu Island, naval personnel from the Naval Detachment encountered a man who had swum to the shore this morning. After inquiring about the whereabouts, he was identified as an Indian national. He disclosed that his fishing vessel, carrying four fishermen, had capsized due to rough seas, and he was washed ashore on Kachchativu Island. Responding swiftly, the Navy…

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to the proposal to instruct the Legal Draftsman to prepare a draft bill based on the improved fundamental draft in relation to introduction of a new law in relation to the rights of Sri Lankan indigenous community.On May 22, the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted to the joint proposal furnished by the then Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms and the Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs in relation to introduction of the new law.At that meeting, it had been decided that it was appropriate to…

Mr. Piyal Nishantha, Minister of State for Fisheries, has withdraw from the responsibilities of all the four government institutions that were under him yesterday (26th). This has been informed by the State Minister to the Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda.Ceylon Fishery Corporation, Nara Institute, Senor Institute and North Sea Institute were controlled by State Minister Piyal Nishantha.According to the sources of the corporation, the problematic situation that has arisen in that corporation regarding the chairman of the Ceylon Fishery Corporation and the non-implementation of the action taken in that regard has been the immediate reason that led to the resignation of…

A special operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy led to the seizure of an Indian trawler (01) poaching in Sri Lankan waters and apprehension of 08 Indian fishermen. The operation was conducted North of Mannar, on 26th August 2024. The Navy continues to conduct regular patrols and operations in Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices of foreign fishing trawlers, taking into account the impact of those practices on the livelihood of local fishermen. As an extension of these efforts, the North Central Naval Command had spotted a cluster of Indian fishing trawlers engaging in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan…

Last June, the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industry, Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera, presented a Cabinet paper to the government to give 2000 million rupees to the Paddy Marketing Board to buy paddy in this yala season.According to Mr. Buddhika Iddamalgoda, Chairman of the Paddy Marketing Board, Lawyer Buddhika Iddamalgoda said that the Cabinet met yesterday (26) afternoon under the patronage of Honorable President Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe, decided to provide an amount of 500 million rupees to the Paddy Marketing Board under the first phase.Thus, the Paddy Marketing Board has decided to start paddy purchase from today (27).For that purpose, 32…