Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif opened a three day visit today evening, and was received by his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake along with several other cabinet ministers.
The official ceremony to welcome him will take place tomorrow at the Presidential secretariat followed by Official talks with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe
Thereafter signing of a string of agreements between the two countries on the fields of Trade, science and technology, cultural affairs and health among other subjects will take place.
This evening the Premier was hosted to a dinner by the Pakistan High Commission Colombo. Captured here are scenes from the evening.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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