Former UNP MP and ex-diplomat Tudor Gunasekara passed away while receiving treatment for COVID-19 . He was 86 years.
Mr Gunasekara entered active politics during the late 1960s as the UNP Chief Organiser for Mahara. He failed to gain a seat in the 1970 elections, but was successful in the 1977 elections.
In 1978, he was appointed as the district minister for the Gampaha district in the President J.R. Jayewardene government.
Later, he served as the first Sri Lanka ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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