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April 2021
Tensions continued to mount among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt ahead of Addis Ababa’s planned second unilateral filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in coming months. In apparent warning to Addis Ababa and preparation for possible escalation of inter-state tensions, Sudan and Egypt 31 March-5 April held second joint military exercise since Nov 2020. New round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on filling and operation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Blue Nile river broke down 6 April. Cairo same day denounced Ethiopia’s “lack of political will to negotiate in good faith”, while Khartoum vowed to “consider all possible options to protect its security”, denouncing Addis Ababa’s rejection of its proposal for quadripartite mediation by AU, EU, UN and U.S. to break deadlock in AU-led negotiations. Ethiopia’s water minister Seleshi Bekele 7 April said Addis Ababa would proceed with second filling of dam during forthcoming rainy season bet
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2 Former Sri Lankan Officials Charged In Court Over Easter Sunday Blasts
2 former Sri Lankan officials charged in court over Easter Sunday blasts
Colombo, May 3 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Dappula de Livera on Monday produced 800 charges against two top former officials for their failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks in which over 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed. The charges were produced in the Colombo High Court against former official in the defense ministry Hemasiri Fernando and former chief of police Pujith Jayasundera. The duo has been accused of neglecting the prior intelligence input on the impending attacks, thereby failing to prevent the loss of life.
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2 Former Sri Lankan Top Security Officials Charged Over Easter Sunday Terror Attacks
2 former Sri Lankan top security officials charged over Easter Sunday terror attacks
Colombo, May 3 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s Attorney General on Monday slapped 800 charges against two top former security officials for their failure to prevent the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks in which over 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed.
The charges were unveiled in the Colombo High Court by the country s top law officer Dappula de Livera against former official in the defence ministry Hemasiri Fernando and former chief of police Pujith Jayasundera. The duo has been accused of neglecting the prior intelligence input on the impending attacks, thereby failing to prevent the loss of life.
Posted on April 25th, 2021
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen being taken to prison when he was arrested in October last year
All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) leader and ex-Cabinet Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is a prominent Sri Lankan politician, who is very often in the news for the wrong reasons.
The 48-year-old Bathiudeen hailing from Dharapuram in the Mannar District is an engineer by training. Known widely as Rishad, he was first elected to Parliament from the Northern Vanni electoral district in December 2001. He has been consistently elected as Vanni MP since then in 2004, 2010,2015 and 2020. Rishad has also served continuously from January 2007 to November 2019 as Cabinet Minister in the governments of Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena. Currently his party the ACMC has 4 MP’s and 169 Local Authority Members.