Srilanka

In what is Sri Lankabiggest corruption case to date, Attorney General Dappula de Livera has filed indictments in the First Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar against former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and nine others in connection with the February 2015 Central Bank Treasury Bond scam, supported by the largest ever set of production items. The coordinating officer to the Attorney-General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, said that the production items consisting of over one million pages have been attached to the indictments.

A Twenty member delegation comprising of travel agents and media personnel will undertake a familiarisation tour to Sri Lanka from 06 & 15 July 2019. The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) in coordination with the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Sydney has organised this familiarisation tour for Australian travel agents.

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday disclosed that he had spoken with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres over the telephone on Thursday night and explained the reasons for implementing the death sentence in Sri Lanka.Speaking at a ceremony at Lankapura Vijitha Maha Vidyalaya in Polonnaruwa yesterday, the President stressed that nobody should try to reverse his decision to execute the death penalty.Observing that he had signed the death warrants on four convicted drug traffickers, the President said that his intention was to save the nation and future generations from a grave social plague. He stressed that anybody who speaks against his decision to implement the death penalty supports the illicit drug business.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that it is very important to provide a good education for all the children of the country to build a disciplined and peaceful country where all communities are living.The President made this observation when he declared open the new three storied building at the Thambala Al Hilal Muslim College in Polonnaruwayesterday (28) morning.President Sirisena said that if the country is divided by ethnic groups, it will not benefit to any community. He added that he was committed to a development program in which all communities live in peace and harmony.The President declared open the three storied lab of Thambala Al Hilal Muslim Maha Vidyalaya constructed under the Awaking Polonnaruwa District development Program. Rs 28 million has been spent for the constrction. After that, President inspected the activities of the students. President Sirisena was warmly welcomed by the students at the school.