(UPDATE) Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in India today beginning his four day state visit to India on the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PM's office said.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was received at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi by India’s Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao and the staff of the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi.
The Prime Minister will hold high –level bilateral discussions with his Indian counterpart on Saturday and call on Indian President Ramnath Kovinth in the evening. Indian Foreign Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is also expected to call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse tomorrow.
The delegation to India headed by the Prime Minister includes Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development Minister Arumugam Thondaman, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Douglas Devananda, Presanna Ranaweera MP, Secretary to the President P.B. Jayasundara, Secretary to the Prime Minister Gamini Senarath, Secretary to the Treasury and Ministry of Finance S.R. Atigala, Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Ariyasinghe and Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Professor G.L. Peiris.
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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