The Sri Lankan foreign ministry has recalled at least 50 diplomats from its missions overseas, an official said Tuesday.
Among those recalled are Sri Lanka's ambassadors to the UN in New York, Pakistan, Japan and the High Commissioner to Australia, the official was quoted as telling Xinhua news agency.
It was reported that Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera recalled the diplomats Monday, citing that some of them were political appointments and some were non-career diplomats.
The official was quoted as saying that among those recalled as part of the restructuring process, some are relatives of ministers in the former government who were serving in the diplomatic missions overseas.
In total, the ministry recalled 27 heads of missions.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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