The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with Sri Lanka Missions in Myanmar and Thailand, has facilitated the repatriation of eight Sri Lankans who were trafficked for forced criminal activities in cyber scamming compounds in Myanmar, a Ministry communique said.
Almost 75 per cent of applications for passports submitted online have been rejected, said controller of immigration and emigration Harsha Illukpitiya.
Replacing SLFP leader Maithripala Sirisena with a ‘sleepy one’ is part of a conspiracy to make the party a toy of Ranil Wickremesinghe, charged its former general secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa voiced concerns yesterday (18) on the Government’s decision to increase visa fees through its new online system, warning of potential setbacks for the thriving tourism industry.
The main Parliamentary Opposition Party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) alleged that Sri Lanka is facing a delay in the receipt of the next tranche of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the finalisation of the debt restructuring process due to the Government’s unwillingness to agree to certain conditions put forward by international bondholders in order for them to consider an interest rate cut on Sri Lanka’s debts.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has congratulated Sri Lanka women’s cricket captain Chamari Athapaththu following her historic innings against South Africa.
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) — the UN’s catalytic finance entity for developing countries—announced last week that Pradeep Kurukulasuriya (Sri Lanka) will commence his tenure as Executive Secretary for the organization.
Janaka Ratnayake, the former Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL),
President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his firm conviction in his ability to shape the Sri Lanka that the nation’s youth envision.
The Japanese ambassador in Colombo Mizukoshi Hideaki has commended the Sri Lanka police for its ‘Yukthiya’ operation to eliminate drugs and crime.
