Sunday, 03 January 2021 - 12:16
Since the evacuation of 33 students from Wuhan City, in February 2019, the Ministry has been carrying out the task of repatriation for almost a year now and to date 60,470 Sri Lankans, composed of pilgrims, students, Officials of Government or Armed Forces, migrant workers, short term visitors, sea farers and cases on compassionate grounds have been repatriated from 137 countries by the Ministry through the Sri Lanka Missions overseas. Despite the worsening global situation triggered by the Covid pandemic, the process of repatriation of Sri Lankans, one of the most pressing challenges at hand has been judiciously spear headed by the Foreign Ministry under the directive of Minister Dinesh Gunawardana, enduring insurmountable challenges overseas amid lockdowns, isolations, curfews and closure of air space, to ensure swift return of Sri Lankans who are in distress.
on these shelves. so what happened here? did the place stay open? did people continue to do research? [ speaking foreign language ] anthony: right. when independence comes, what happens here? anthony: so unless i m mistaken, the gentleman just said that cutting edge research moved to burundi and elsewhere. the congolais who, who remained horeb: remained. anthony: their mission, all these years later, has been to preserve the patrimony that existed. all this was state of the art back in the 50s when the library was built. but for 20 years, there hasn t been electricity to run the dehumidifiers to keep out the damp. through so many wars, through
anthony: right. when independence comes, what happens here? anthony: so unless i m mistaken, the gentleman just said that cutting edge research moved to burundi and elsewhere. the congolais who, who remained horeb: remained. anthony: their mission, all these years later, has been to preserve the patrimony that existed. all this was state of the art back in the 50s when the library was built. but for 20 years, there hasn t been electricity to run the dehumidifiers to keep out the
for long, they get an allowance from the government. independence comes. what happens here? [ speaking foreign language ] so unless i m mistaken, the gentleman just said that cutting edge research moved to burundi and elsewhere. the congolese who remain, their mission all these years later, has been to preserve the patrimony that existed. all this was state-of-the-art back in 50s when the library was built. but for 20 years, there hasn t been electricity to run dehumidifiers to keep out the damp. through so many wars and through so many difficulties, he has maintained this fast to an extraordinary degree. why?
for those that have been there for long, they get an alouns from the government. what happens here? so the those who remain, their mission all these years later has been to preserve the pat ramony that existed. all this was state of the art in the 50s when the library was built. but for 20 years there hasn t been electricity to run the dehumidifiers to keep out the damp. he has maintained this facility to an extraordinary degree.