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.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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