The United States (US) will help Sri Lanka's new government to restore democracy and heal "fragile ethnic tensions", a senior American official said on Tuesday. Addressing a two-day seminar here, US Department of State Regional Affairs' deputy director Neil Kromash said: "Positive developments have taken place in Sri Lanka where the January elections brought a new government, overthrowing a longstanding autocratic regime. "The US will do all it can to support the new government in restoring democracy and heal fragile ethnic tensions," he said. (IANS)
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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