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Maldives becomes 54th member of Commonwealth family

The Commonwealth has welcomed its 54th family member after Maldives’ application?for re-admission?was approved. The small island nation officially re-joined the Commonwealth at 00:01 today (Saturday, February 1). This marks the end of a process?that began 13 months ago,?in December 2018,?when President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wrote to the Commonwealth Secretary-General expressing the country?s?interest in re-joining. After due diligence, which included country assessment and consultations in ac

01 Feb, 2020

New road map for Sri Lanka launched

By Indika Sri Aravinda A new road map for Sri Lanka was launched today by the Survey Department of Sri Lanka. The new map includes all the newly constructed highways and expressways in Sri Lanka. It also includes the Colombo Port City, Hambantota harbour and police stations and hospitals not included in the old map. Survey General P. Sangakkara said that the department hopes to make all the new data available to Google so it can also update its map. (Colombo Gazette)

01 Feb, 2020

President orders probe on corrupt deal involving Airbus and SriLankan

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation into a corrupt deal involving Airbus and SriLankan Airlines. Meanwhile, SriLankan Airlines Limited said that it has become aware of a judgement in the United Kingdom related to a charge of corruption in the purchase/ lease of Aircraft between the period 2011-? 2015 June. Therefore the Chairman with the concurrence of the Board has directed the management to cooperate fully with any Governmental agency in the event of any investigation/

02 Feb, 2020