Sri Lankan embassy official suspended over human smuggling
The third secretary of the Sri Lankan embassy in Oman has been suspended over charges of forcing housemaids from the island into prostitution, said the Foreign Ministry.
The third secretary of the Sri Lankan embassy in Oman has been suspended over charges of forcing housemaids from the island into prostitution, said the Foreign Ministry.
SLPP national organiser Basil Rajapaksa was warmly welcomed back to Sri Lanka upon his arrival at the Katunayake airport this morning (20).
Most who comment and write about Danushka Gunathilaka do not know the incident he got involved in as well as the relevant law.
SJB MP Rajitha Senaratne has said that most proposals in the 2023 budget are good.
Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga has highlighted the need to address acute malnutrition among children.
The main suspect in a racket to smuggle people to Dubai and Oman was arrested at the Katunayake airport yesterday night (18).
Violence by the police against female social activists is a case in point of the government’s human right violations, alleges one of the oldest trade unions in the country.
Military, police behind spread of drugs in N-E, say Tamil politicians
Two major protest marches in Colombo yesterday (18) against the continued incarceration of two student leaders came under heavy water cannon and teargas fire by the police.
The government is collaborating with the Californian university system to obtain assistance to modernize agriculture in Sri Lanka and to set up a new agro-technology university, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe.