A high powered Chinese delegation led by former Foreign Minister and Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi arrived in Sri Lanka last night (8).
The delegation is expected to meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today (9). These will be the only meetings the delegation will have in their stay in the country, which will be confined to Colombo as part of a "travel bubble' arrangement due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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