Australia deports 41 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants
Australia has deported 41 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants, who had been arrested and kept at Christmas Island detention centre.
Australia has deported 41 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants, who had been arrested and kept at Christmas Island detention centre.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given directions for the initiation of “Aswesuma” welfare benefit payments, which are scheduled to commence from July 01, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.
India has extended a $1 billion credit line for Sri Lanka by one year, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Tuesday, giving the crisis-hit country a backup funds to pay for essential imports.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested by paramilitary officers outside the High Court in the capital Islamabad.
Three parents of erstwhile Tamil Tiger cadres have said they will fast until death if the Alambil Maaveerar ThuyilumI Illam (cemetery of martyrs) in Mullaitivu district is not released from the control of the military who are using the cemetery for various activities.
The main suspect in the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl in Kalutara has been arrested.
The working committee of the SJB has unanimously decided not to join a government that violates democracy and represses the people.
Several provincial governors, who have been asked recently by the Presidential Secretariat to tender their resignations, have decided not to do so, according to political sources.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya has decided to suspend the party membership of MP A.H.M. Fowzie for having gone against party decisions.
Sri Lanka police have sought Interpol assistance to overcome legal hurdles against the deportation of drug trafficker ‘Kudu Anju’ of Ratmalana who is being held in France, said a senior police official.