More than 40 Sri Lankans living as refugees in Tamil Nadu, India are scheduled to return to the island on November 17, under the UNHCR facilitated voluntary repatriation programme. The returnees, comprising 13 families are scheduled to fly in from Trichy.
Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Ministry Secretary V. Sivagnanasothy said that of the 41 refugee returnees 22 are males and 19 are females. They will go back to Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu and Jaffna.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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