Sri Lanka: Heavy rain leaves 16 dead, thousands displaced
World | Nov 10, 2021, 12:56 PM ISTMost deaths have occurred due to drowning and lightening strikes in Sri Lanka.
Most deaths have occurred due to drowning and lightening strikes in Sri Lanka.
Schools reopened to dull scenes as the usual cacophony of school activity was amiss. Most faculty and school principals stayed from the classes as the teachers' unions have voiced dissatisfaction over the talks on wages.
Accordingly, wedding attendees at places where the capacity is over 500 will be limited to 150 guests while the places of less than 500 capacity will be limited to 100 guests.
The health authorities announced on Wednesday that 82 deaths were reported with 4,727 new cases.
Sri Lanka's Ports and Shipping Minister told Parliament that Govt Analyst and Veterinary Research Institute were conducting investigations to ascertain cause of marine animals' death, reports Xinhua news agency.
Sri Lankan authorities said a curfew in capital Colombo and the outskirts of Gampaha, which was imposed on March 24 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, will be relaxed on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced its first coronavirus case, a 52-year-old tour guide who had come in contact with a group of Italian tourists.
The IMF has said that Sri Lanka’s economy is gradually recovering from Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in 2019 with GDP growth projected at 3.7 per cent in 2020.
In a bid to boost tourism, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday lifted a 25-year ban on the operation of helicopter flights by private operators from Colombo.
According to Immigration sources, the Indian nationals reportedly arrived in Sri Lanka on a 30-day business visa and had engaged in employment violating its conditions and also overstayed the designated visa period.
Sri Lankan Airlines, the island nation's flag carrier, announced on Wednesday that it has changed the route of its Colombo-London-Colombo flights to avoid the airspaces of Iran and Iraq due to heightened tensions in the region.
With the Rajapaksas once again in power after losing the 2015 election, human rights activists fear that there will be no progress in investigating the cases of alleged enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings during the government of Mahinda (2005-2015) when Gotabaya was the military chief and presided over the final offensive against the Tamil Tiger guerrillas.
"The airline now flies daily (except Wednesdays) between Mumbai and Colombo, making it the first to offer the choice of Premium Economy Class for travel between India and Sri Lanka, in addition to Economy and Business Class," the airline said in a statement.
Sri Lanka's controversial wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on Monday sworn in as the country's President at the Ruwanweli Seya precincts in the ancient north-central town of Anuradhapura.
A group of unidentified gunmen open fire on two buses on two buses carrying voters in Sri Lanka's Mannar district on Saturday as polling was underway for the island nation's presidential election
Sri Lanka is a very promising destination for Vistara, given the growth it continues to record in trade and tourism, especially as India is the largest tourism source market for Sri Lanka," said Leslie Thng, Chief Executive Officer, Vistara.
A team comprising officials of the Criminal Investigations Department took Mohamed Milhan and other suspects in its custody in Dubai and brought them back for further questioning.
During interrogation, Riyas disclosed that he has been following speeches/videos of the Sri Lanka attack mastermind for more than a year and has also followed the speeches of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik.
The advisory added that the US government had limited ability to provide emergency services to American citizens in Sri Lanka due to the security environment.
The Special Task Force and Army troops, following a tip-off, raided a house in Kalmunai city, about 360 kms from Colombo leading to the heavy exchange of fire with the armed group.
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