Gotabaya Rajapaksa acquitted in museum case

Sri Lanka to reopen for tourists?by implementing travel cluster

By Easwaran Rutnam? Sri Lanka is to reopen the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for foreign tourist arrivals by following a travel bubble system. Under the proposed system, tourists will be able to visit only selected destinations in Sri Lanka. A January deadline has been set to finalise the date to reopen the airport with the approval of the health authorities. A joint committee, consisting of officials from the health and tourism sectors are in the process of drafting the guideline

07 Dec, 2020

Concerns over Chinese investments raised in Sri Lanka Parliament

By Indika Sri Aravinda Concerns were raised in Parliament today over Chinese investments in Sri Lanka. illangai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam said that Sri Lankans must be concerned over Chinese investments. “China is investing very heavily in ports. Do we want to be another Pakistan? Do we want to be another Laos? We are getting into a debt trap. Tell the Sinhalese people this,” Rasamanickam said during the budget speech in Parliament today.

05 Dec, 2020

No move to enforce complete lockdown in Western Province

The Western Province will not come under a complete lockdown during the festive season but areas where patients are reported will come under isolation till the situation is brought under control, Army Commander, Lt. General Shavendra Silva told Daily Mirror. Following the isolation declared in the Hunupitiya Grama Niladhari Division of Slave Island, 60 Watta in the Cinnamon Gardens Police area and Kokila Road in Wellawatta from today morning, Silva said these areas had been put under a lockdown

07 Dec, 2020