“On May 1st, at approximately 2.02 am, Royal Malaysian Police in co-operation with Malaysian Maritime Enforcement and government legal officers have conducted ‘Op Kenal Alpha 2/2018’ and have successfully brought down a people smuggling operation involving Sri Lankan citizens using maritime …
Members of the People’s Liberation Front, a Marxist political party, shout slogans during a parade held to mark May Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 7, 2018. Sri Lanka’s government had last week postponed the rallies and processions that mark May Day because the weeklong celebrations of …
Pakistani asylum seekers in Sri Lanka claim they were forced to give bribes in order to enter the country upon arrival. These asylum seekers who at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport, said at times immigration officers asked them for bribes in order to secure entry in the country or face …
The May Day rally of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will be held at the Samanala Grounds in Galle. The May Day rally of the People’s Liberation Front or the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will be held at the B.R.C. Grounds in Colombo. The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) is also holding …
ANI | Updated: May 07, 2018 13:44 IST. Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka is aiming towards rapid industrialisation throughout the country under the aegis of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. While addressing an inaugural event of a new aud…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has hiked an import tax on potatoes by 10 rupees to 40 rupees a kilogram and on onions by 39 rupees to 40 rupees a kilogram in a bid to give extra profits to the farming lobby. The new so-called special commodity levy are charged with effect from May 02. Sri Lanka’s rulers …
May 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka Export Development has organized a Sri Lanka Country Pavilion at the renowned IT Fair – Japan IT Week. Accordingly, 10 Sri Lankan ICT companies will be exhibiting their software products and services at Japan IT Week 2018. Th…
Malaysian Police Chief Harun said the trafficking operation had been operating since mid-2017 and stretched from Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Authorities also stopped a ‘Class A’ fishing vessel that had been used to ferry the migrants from land to the tanker. Harun said …
May 07, Colombo: Many political parties in Sri Lanka mark the international workers’ day, May Day today as the government postponed the May Day celebrations to 7th May this year due to the Vesak festival coinciding with the May Day,. Sri Lanka Freedom party will hold its May Day rally presided over …
The Royal Malaysian Police Special Branch has confirmed that 131 persons believed to be Sri Lankans have been detained at Tanjung Gamoh, Sedili, in Johor Baru on 1 May 2018. Out of the 131 persons, 127 have been arrested under the Immigration Act 1959/…