A Sri Lankan national is among the six persons who tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Maldives today, the Health Protection Agency of Maldives said. The total number of confirmed cases in the island nation to 116.
Among those who tested positive today consist of two Maldivians, two Bangladeshis, one Indian and one Srilankan nationals. Many Sri Lankan nationals are stranded in Maldives currently seeking government intervention to return home.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry, in coordination with the Presidential Secretariat is working to facilitate the repatriation process of Lankans stranded across the globe.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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