Another group of 18 Sri Lankan refugees including seven children from North reached Dhanushkodi via fishing boats, Rameshwaram early hours today, Indian police authorities confirmed.
The families are from Mannar and Jaffna districts. Currently, they are detained at the police station for formal inquiries and thereafter will be sheltered in Mandapam Special Camp setupped for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees.
As the prevailing economic crisis hit Sri Lankans with shortage for essential items and fuel coupled with skyrocketing cost of living forced many families to leave the country for India to ensure their survival.
So far 60 persons reached Tamil Nadu via fishing boats as refugees and all of them are currently sheltered at temporary shelter camps in Rameswaram. (Pix by N. Lohathayalan)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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