Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are scheduled to pay a visit to the island next week on the invitations of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.
According to the government news portal the Singapore Prime Minister will arrive in the island on an official visit on January 22 and the Indonesian President will arrive on the January 25.
During Prime Minister Lee's visit the two countries are scheduled to sign a free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Singapore and Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, the President of the Republic of Latvia, Raimonds Vējonis and Mrs. Iveta Vējonis who are touring Sri Lanka on a private visit from January 6 are expected to depart today (Jan 16.).
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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