Over 300 Sri Lankan refuge seekers currently, in Vietnam, are pleading with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to not return them to Sri Lanka and instead resettle them in a third country, as refugees. Vietnamese Coast Guard vessels on Tuesday (08) rescued 303 suspected illegal migrants from Sri Lanka, including many children, […]
The Indian Coast Guard, on Saturday, has handed over 11 Lankan fishermen and two fishing boats to the Kakinada marine police for further investigation, said a report published by The Hindu. The Sri Lankan fishermen were reportedly apprehended by the Coast Guard while they were allegedly fishing in Indian waters, 175 Nautical Miles off the […]
Budget 2023 Special security arrangements are in place, in and around Parliament, in view of the Budget speech to be delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance.The Speaker has requested the MPs to come in chauffeur-driven vehicles as far as possible. The speaker said that valet parking of self-driven […]
The Sri Lanka High Commission in Male, Maldives, has reported that three Sri Lankan nationals have been rescued and evacuated by the rescue team from the scene of the incident of the fire outbreak which occurred on November 10, in a garage in Male. “These three Sri Lankans have been working at the ASM Garage […]
Two World War II-era planes collided midair at a Second World War commemorative airshow in Texas, Dallas, killing at least six people on Saturday, foreign media reports said.A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport at 1:20 p.m. CST (1820 […]