The Foreign Affairs Ministry said that there has been no report of Srilankans injured in the terror attack in Brussels airport in Belgium today.
“No reports of any Sri Lankan casualties so far. The Sri Lankan Mission is in touch with Belgium authorities on the crisis there,” the Ministry spokesperson Mahishini Colonne said in a tweet.
Two explosions hit Brussels airport - one a suspected suicide bomb leaving at least 13 people killed, and 35 injured.
Meanwhile President Maithripala Sirisena also condemned the terrorist attacks and shared solidarity with the families of the victims. In a tweet published in his official twitter handle, he said “My condolences are with the families of victims of today's attacks in #Brussels."
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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.
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