A cat detained at Sri Lanka’s main prison while allegedly trying to smuggle heroin and cell phone SIM cards has escaped, media reports said Monday, August 4. The feline was detected by jail intelligence officials on Saturday at the high-security Welikada Prison, a police official said. He said nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM […]
Sri Lanka has extended the visas of all foreigners in the country till July 11 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic which has stranded many foreigners in the island country, the Immigration and Emigration Department said on Tuesday. “Considering the aforementioned circumstances, it is decided to extend the validity period of all types of Visas for another […]
Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that it would ban all incoming flights for two weeks from 1830 GMT on Wednesday to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Flights already in the air will be allowed to land and passengers to disembark, said Mohan Samaranayake, a spokesman for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. However, Some England fans were […]
The United States has imposed sanctions on Sri Lanka’s army chief, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, for alleged human rights violations including extrajudicial killings in 2009 during the country’s civil war, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. “The allegations of gross human rights violations against Shavendra Silva, documented by the United Nations and […]
A Sri Lankan Air force flight crashed in the central part of the country on Friday killing all four people on board, officials said. The aircraft, a Chinese built Y-12, crashed in the Haputale district, some 200 kilometres east of the capital Colombo, said air force spokesman Capt. Gihan Seneviratne. Two pilots and two other […]
Sri Lanka aims to double its crude oil tank capacity by 2020 while a tripartite LNG terminal and power plant agreement would be signed with India and Japan by mid 2020. The Minister of Transportation, Power and Energy, Mahinda Amaraweera, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Colombo. If every nation on earth was […]
Abuja – The President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Adetokunbo Kayode on Friday underscored the need for Nigeria and Sri Lanka to work closely to deliver on specific programmes, projects and activities. Kayode said this when the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Nigeria, Ahamed Khan visited the chamber on Friday in Abuja. […]
There have been protests in Mexico over the dangers that exist for Central American migrants Police in Mexico have rescued more than 100 migrants kidnapped by a human trafficking gang near the capital. Reports said some of the migrants had been held hostage for five weeks in a house in Mexico State. Most of the victims were […]