Sri Lanka's passport has been ranked 84th in the list of the world's most powerful passports according to a passport index, the government news portal reported.
The report further states that Sri Lanka has been granted visa-free access to 16 countries and visa on arrival to 29 countries.
The ranking was given after having taken into consideration the passports of 199 countries.
According to the passport index, Singapore, which previously topped the list had slumped to second place providing room for the United Arab Emirates to secure the first place.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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