Sri Lanka unreservedly rejects the reference to a Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day in the statement issued on July 23 by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
“Canada’s continued reference to a false, distorted, narrative of the past conflict in Sri Lanka is aimed solely at achieving local vote-bank electoral gains, and is not conducive to broader goals of communal harmony,”the Ministry said in a statement.
The Ministry urged Canada and its leader to support Sri Lanka in its efforts to ensure stability, progress, peace and reconciliation among all communities in Sri Lanka as well as communities of Sri Lankan heritage overseas.
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
The Customs Department said it will be publish the names of institutions and individuals who violate customs laws and commit tax fraud by uploading the information on its official website www.customs.gov.lk.
A board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the death of a student at the University of Sabaragamuwa, reportedly linked to a ragging incident.
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