Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border.
War-affected Tamils from the North and East of Sri Lanka have rejected the soft-pedalling draft resolution of the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on Sri Lanka with regard to Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability, and Human Rights in Sri Lanka.
Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a U.S. Marines barracks.
The supply of electricity and all related services as well as the supply or distribution of petroleum products and fuel have been declared as essential services.
Voting is now underway at 13,421 polling stations across the island to elect Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president.
Former Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. R. H. S. Samaratunga yesterday (20) said Sri Lanka’s successful exit from bankruptcy, achieved through debt restructuring within a brief span of two and a half years following an unprecedented economic crisis, serves as a model for other nations experiencing similar challenges.
A fundamental rights petition has been submitted before the Supreme Court requesting the court to issue an order declaring that the government’s decision to restructure the debt associated with Sri Lanka’s international sovereign bonds has violated the basic human rights of the citizens.
District Returning Officer M. P. Sumanasekara stated that nine government officials from the Hambantota District have been removed from their respective election duties after being found guilty of promoting presidential candidates.
