Sri Lanka opened on Monday its honorary consulate in Kurdistan Region’s capital, Erbil. According to media reports the establishment of the consulate office was announced in a meeting between Falah Mustafa, Kurdistan Region’s Foreign Minister, and Niranjan Asoka Ranasinghe, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Iraq.
Ahmed Jalaladdin was assigned as the first Sri Lankan envoy to the Kurdistan Region.
Ranasinghe hoped that the opening of his country’s diplomatic mission would be the beginning of strong relations between Kurdistan Region and Sri Lanka.
Mustafa, in return, welcomed the developed ties with Sri Lanaka, and offered his government’s support for the new diplomatic mission, Base News reported.
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.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
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.
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