Sri Lanka and Thailand are set to sign a bilateral aviation services agreement during Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s upcoming visit to Colombo.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved a bilateral aviation services agreement between Sri Lanka and Thailand on June 19, 2018.
On Monday (29), the Cabinet approved Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation Services Nimal Siripala de Silva’s proposal to sign a bilateral Aviation Agreement.
The Thai Prime Minister will visit Sri Lanka from February 3-4, attending the 76th Independence ceremony as Guest of Honour at President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s invitation.
The Thai PM is expected to have official discussions with President Wickremesinghe and witness the signing of the Sri Lanka-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (SLTFTA) during the visit, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The SLTFTA is anticipated to be signed between Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, and Sri Lanka’s Minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security, Nalin Fernando.
Accordingly, enhancing trade and investment ties between the two nations and fostering greater integration with ASEAN economies are among which the SLTFTA has in store.
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 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.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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