Thirty eight (38) Sri Lankans have been successfully evacuated from the Tigray region in the northern part of Ethiopia by the Sri Lanka Embassy in Addis Ababa and the United Nations in Ethiopia.
“The Lankans, all employed in the garment industry in Ethiopia, are due to be repatriated back to Sri Lanka soon,” the Sri Lanka Embassy in Addis Ababa said.
The Government of Ethiopia commenced military operations in the Tigray region on November 4, 2020 after regional forces belonging to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) attacked a federal army base.
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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