Foreign Office Minister for Asia and the Pacific UK Minister Mark Field met with families of the disappeared fand and the Minister also spoke with conservationists in Sri Lanka on the further steps that must be taken to combat illegal wildlife trade and preserve natural habitats in the island.
The visit to Colombo and Jaffna on From October 5-6 is Mr Field’s first official visit to Sri Lanka since becoming Foreign Office Minister for Asia and the Pacific. He also met with UK and Sri Lankan education institutions at the British Council to discuss education, and the UK’s world-leading role in transnational learning.
During his two day he called on Minister of Foreign Affairs Tilak Marapana, Minister of Finance and Media Mangala Samaraweera, Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan, Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya and Chief Minister of Northern Province C. V. Vigneswaran.
An Attorney at law and his wife was shot dead in the car park of a super market in Akuregoda today evening.
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Maithree Wickramasinghe, wife of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was due to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today to record a statement, has requested a two week period to provide her statement.
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