President Ranil Wickremesinghe joined the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held last evening (09) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
The swearing-in ceremony, presided over by the President of India Draupadi Murmu, took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Aside from President Wickremesinghe, others in the Sri Lankan delegation are Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake and Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardene.
The Sri Lankan delegation left for India yesterday on an Air India flight to attend the ceremony early in the evening. Following the ceremony, the leaders, including Mr. Wickremesinghe, attended a banquet hosted by Indian President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The Sri Lankan delegation is due to return to Colombo today.
Besides Mr Wickremesinghe, leaders from Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Seychelles and Mauritius have also attended the ceremony. Pakistan’s and Myanmar’s leaders, however, were not invited.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Three persons arrested on Saturday close to the Thalawila St Anne’s Church have been held under detention orders for questioning.
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