Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has vehemently condemned recent news reports that she had referred to former Tiger leader Prabhakaran as “Sir” during her visit to Jaffna on 11 November.
A media statement from her office said, that while she had not made such a statement during her tour of Jaffna, the "progressive masses" in the country were requested not to be decived by such false propaganda.
Further the statement claimed that false propoganda was being spread by a certain political group engaged in a "dictatorial, nepotistic, anti-democratic journey and maddened by the sure defeat they face at the upcoming presidential election."
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.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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