The government today lifted the travel restrictions it had imposed on foreign passport holders to North, Defense Secretary B.M.U.D Basnayake said. The First National Security Council meeting was held today at the defense ministry to review the security situation in the country. The decision to lift the restrictions came after the committee decided that there is no security threat and normalcy returned. "There is no need to produce a travel document granting MOD approval at the Omanthai entry/exit point, the main travel check point located in Vavuniya." he said. Security Council also took into consideration of baning items to the North such as firearms, telescopes and explosives.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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