President Maithripala Sirisena hosted a dinner in honour of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Sri Lanka to participate at the inauguration ceremony of the International Vesak Festival as the Chief Guest, at the President’s House in Colombo, yesterday.
The Indian Prime Minister was warmly received by the President Sirisena when he arrived at the President’s House.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya,Leader of the Opposition, R. Sampanthan, Chief Minister of the Northern Province,C.V. Vigneswaran,Ministers Mangala Samaraweera, Wijeyadasa Rajapakse,Ravi Karunanayake,State Minister A.H.M. Fowzie and others participated in this event, President's media reported.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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