November 01, 2024
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Premalal Jayasekara appointed as State Minister for Ports and Aviation
September 12, 2022MP Premalal Jayasekara has been appointed as the State Minister for Ports and Aviation.
Navy nabs 85 individuals suspected to be attempting to illegally migrate from island, in eastern waters
September 12, 2022Sri Lanka Navy took hold of a local multiday fishing trawler carrying 85 individuals, suspected to be a group on an illegal migration attempt to a foreign country via sea, during a patrol conducted off Batticaloa in the wee hours of (11th September 2022).
Expatriate remittances up 16 percent to USD 325 million - number of overseas job departures exceeds 200,000 in 2022
September 12, 2022Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said that the foreign exchange sent by expatriate workers to Sri Lanka has increased by 16.4 percent in August compared to July this year, and the number of workers who have registered with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) to leave for foreign jobs this year has exceeded 200,000.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated the Asian Netball Champions
September 11, 2022
President Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated the unbeaten Sri Lankan Netball team that won the Asian Netball Championship 2022 by defeating the Singaporean team.
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