By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, April 11, 2023 at 10:49 PMThe World Food Program (WFP) said that it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century. Wahid Amani, a spokesman for the WFP, said the organization needs funds to continue humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. The World Food Program noted that women aid workers play a vital…
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By Ifham Nizam n The Island, Apr 3, 2023Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP, yesterday (02) met a group of petroleum sector trade union representatives against the backdrop of Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera sending several trade unionists on compulsory leave. The meeting lasted nearly two hours. Alleging that they had disrupted fuel supplies, minister Wijesekera ordered disciplinary action against them regardless of their party affiliations. Sources said that CPC workers sought the former President’s…
By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, March 22, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A cop sustained injuries when a group of terrorists attacked a police check post in Kathi area, police said on Tuesday They said that terrorists attacked Kathi police check post with automatic weapons late Monday night. However, the police promptly returned the fire and a fierce exchange of fire took place between the cops and the terrorists, which continued for some time. As…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press Online, March 16, 2023An all-female commercial centre with 300 shops was opened in Mazar-e-Sharif City in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. The centre has created business prospects for more than 120 Afghan females selling women’s products and manufactures, including cloths, cosmetics, handicrafts, confectionaries, and cellphone repairs. Earlier, a restaurant was opened by Rahela Yosufzai in Mazar-e-Sharif to encourage women to become self-sufficient. “Women can work; it is hard to…
report in The Island, Mar 16, 2023Many trade unions staged a one-day general strike yesterday, demanding that taxes, tariffs and interest rates be reduced. The organisers of the strike said they would intensify their trade union action unless the government heeded their demands. More than 40 trade unions, in several sectors, joined the strike, organised by the trade unions of professionals. Many other state and semi-state trade unions also supported the strike. The Trade Unions…
AFP report in Dawn, March 1st, 2023KABUL: Taliban forces claimed to have killed a top commander of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militant group, who allegedly planned attacks against diplomatic missions in Afghanistan’s capital, a government official said. Violence in Afghanistan dramatically dipped after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. But in the past year, security has worsened, with a spate of mass casualty attacks claimed by Islamic State’s regional chapter, IS-K. Taliban forces killed…
Report in Dawn, February 10th, 2023PESHAWAR: Two militants of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police during an intelligence-based operation in Nowshera on Thursday night. According to details provided by police, a raid was planned following information about the presence of militants in Misri Banda in the jurisdiction of Risalpur police station. A police official said that the team reached the spot to arrest the militants. They however opened…
by Ranjith Rajapakse in Daily Mirror online, Jan 6, 2023 at 01:36 pmThe Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) has decided to contest the upcoming local government election independently under the fowl symbol. Senior Vice Chairman of the party Kanapathi Kanagarajah told the media that this decision was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of General Secretary of the CWC, Parliamentarian Jeewan Thondaman and attended by senior leaders and the candidates contesting the local government…
report in Dawn, December 17, 2022KOHAT: The law-enforcement agencies here have received credible reports about planning by a terrorist organisation of targeting public gatherings, political figures and Friday prayers by women and teenagers trained by militants. Deputy commissioner Furqan Ashraf confirmed theterror threat on Friday andimposed a ban under section 144 CrPC on gatherings of more than five people. He ordered the police and other law-enforcement agencies to remain extra vigilant to avert any unpleasant…
P K Balachandran in Daily Mirror, Dec 7, 2022 In 1980, the J.R.Jayewardene government introduced the District Development Councils (DDC) Act to devolve powers to Districts instead of the Provinces. The DDC consisted of Members of Parliament from the District plus members elected directly to the DDC. Each DDC had an Executive Committee consisting of the District Minister, the Chairman of the DDC, and not more than two other members appointed by the District Minister…