Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Japan yesterday on a ten-day-long visit for personal reasons.
Sources close to him said he would undergo minor surgery there. This is his second visit in one year. On the previous visit he is learnt to have consulted medical opinion with regard to a throat ailment.
These sources described the ailment as minor and said Rajapaksa wants to be in a strong physical condition for his party’s campaign during the upcoming local government elections.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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