Dual citizenship granted to 2000 Sri Lankans

Hotel, accommodation sector suffer near total loss of income

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the tourism sector to a standstill with the hotel and accommodation sector seeing near total loss of income, S. Hettiarachchi, Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation stated. He was speaking at a meeting with development partners on building a more resilient tourism sector in Sri Lanka. Tourism is a vital economic sector for Sri Lanka, accounting for 5% of its Gross Domestic Product and employing 250,000 persons directly and up to 2 million persons i

30 Jun, 2020

Defence Secretary exposes activities of dirty cops

Defence Secretary (Retd.) Maj. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne said that while many Police officers are serving in a dignified manner, some are a disgrace to the entire Police Department. Gunaratne said that?senior police officers-in-charge of provinces should be ashamed of wearing their uniforms if drug trafficking, extortion, underworld activities, illegal logging, running brothels, illegal sand mining and other illegal activities were taking place on a massive scale in their respective divisions. ?You

30 Jun, 2020

Canada says relationship with Sri Lanka further strengthened

Canada says its relationship with Sri Lanka has been further strengthened over the past few months. David McKinnon, the High Commissioner of Canada to Sri Lanka and the Maldives said that the bilateral friendship between Sri Lanka and Canada goes back many decades and is strengthened by the deep people-to-people ties. “Over the past few months, this partnership has been further strengthened as we worked with ministries and civil society partners to provide assistance and relief to the most vul

01 Jul, 2020