SriLankan Airlines organized a press conference in Colombo today (3) where the pilots and crew of the special flight who flew to Wuhan to evacuate the 33 Sri Lankans who were trapped in the city spoke of their experiences.
The pilots and crew had all volunteered to fly into Wuhan to evacuate the Sri Lankans who had been trapped their since Chinese authorities quarantined the entire city following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus there.
Addressing the press conference, Chaminda De Zoysa, who was the Chief Pilot of the SriLankan flight, said their group does not consider themselves to be "heroes," but were simply doing their duty to their country.
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Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
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.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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