Sri Lanka on Monday (December 29) recorded the 2.3 millionth tourist in the country and easily overtook the previous highest record of 2,333,796 arrivals reached in 2018. With this year’s record arrivals, and two more days for the end of the year, Sri Lanka is expected to welcome at least another 15,000 tourists by the year’s end.
The United States has told Sri Lanka that the disposition of the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Bushehr and its crew is a matter for Colombo to resolve under its own laws and international obligations, while signalling it is in active talks with Sri Lanka to contain Iran’s threat to US interests.
The Editor, of Lankaenews website Sandaruwan Senadheera was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport while returning from UK.
Leave Comments