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Israel’s Minister of Transport and Road Safety, Brig Gen Miri Regev has met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Discussed resuming projects on expanding the main airport, a light rail project and the central expressway
The delegation will meet key Indian officials to explore avenues for further collaboration
Sri Lanka is committed to pursuing progress on reconciliation and human rights through domestic institutions
Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid mass protests before resigning from presidency
Sri Lanka signs deals with the UAE during President's visit to Dubai.
It specifically calls upon the government to respect the obligation of non-refoulement."
UN Human Right Council (UNHRC) session in September
Wickremesinghe said the world which is already facing a pandemic now has a new threat to contend with.
This means that travelers have to be vaccinated and undergo quarantine for 21 days when they arrive in Hong Kong.
However, existing limitations on unvaccinated passengers will remain, the CAA said in a circular.
Amnesty International said Hizbullah was detained on "trumped-up charges" under the "draconian" PTA.
However, the family has yet to arrive at a final decision, she said.
“It will be a centre for international money laundering for the local and international mafia."
The archaeology department does not wish to harass anybody by dragging them to court, the director general said.
"... not favors to friends or blatantly cynical measures to keep trade preferences," the HRW South Asia Director said.
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A video circulating online shows Sri Lankan batsman Danushka Gunathilaka also roaming the streets of Durhan.
“I won’t have to face punishment because I have not done any wrong.”
"Another example of selective, arbitrary granting of pardons that weakens rule of law and undermines accountability"
Redresses were handed over at a ceremony marking International Workers Day and International Day of Family Remittance
Chung currently serves as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the US Dept of State
Bilateral trade minimal despite various agreements
"The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is revisiting provisions in the PTA as has already been communicated to the EU."
Authorities had been alerted of armed men sailing on a boat from Sri Lanka “to enter the state with a sinister design"
The party said the EU resolution is yet another foreign policy failure of the Sri Lanka government.
The EU expressed deep concern over Sri Lanka's "alarming path towards the recurrence of grave human rights violations"
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