The Government of Malaysia has agreed to provide increased employment opportunities for Sri Lankan professionals and skilled workers in Malaysia. An agreement in this regard will be signed at the end of this year.
A special discussion was held in this regard when the visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called on President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is in Sri Lanka on a two day official visit.
Detailed discussions were also held between the two leaders to further strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries. Dr. Ahmad Hamidi extended an official invitation for the President to visit Malaysia and accepting that invitation President Sirisena said he would visit Malaysia in the future.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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.
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