The Chinese government with the concurrence of the Sri Lankan government has appointed Qi Zhenhong as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Sri Lanka in succession Cheng Xueyuan, Foreign Ministry said.
He has presented credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today at 11.00 a.m. at President's House, Colombo 01.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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