The United States is urging Sri Lanka to make “difficult but necessary choices” to secure its economic independence instead of choosing opaque practises, a senior State Department official said on Thursday, in an apparent reference at China deepening its influence over the South Asian country.
The government continues the ban imposed on importing ethanol to the country amidst smuggling of ethanol unabated.
A few hours after the passage of the Second Reading of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution with a two-thirds majority, Minister of Justice, Ali Sabri PC, posted a stern warning on his Facebook profile. "No more excuses, deliver or perish!," Justice Minister Sabry said.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to support the passage of the 20th Amendment subject to certain conditions, SLFP General Secretary and State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said.
Sri Lankan workers toiling in the Middle East and a few other countries, who also remit around USD 10 billion in foreign exchange annually, are being treated as unwanted, low class citizens of the country following the COVID-19 crisis, foreign employees complained.
The eighth edition of annual Indian Navy (IN) – Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) bilateral maritime exercise, SLINEX-20, kicked off in Trincomalee on Monday and is scheduled to be held from 19th to 21st of October 2020.
