The owner and manager of a licenced foreign employment agency located at Stanley Thilakaratne Mawatha, Nugegoda that sent Sri Lankans to serve in the Russian Army have been arrested.
Singapore's long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has stepped down, marking the end of a political era for the island nation.
Sri Lanka is without a representation at top diplomatic level in Moscow, even as several of her countrymen had either been killed or injured while fighting for Russia against Ukraine.
According to reports reaching ‘The Leader’, there is no ambassador or a deputy ambassador posted to the mission in the Russian capital.
State defence minister Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon told the media about 16 Sri Lankans serving in the Russian Army, but the actual figure could be much higher.
Speaking to ‘The Leader’, an injured Sri Lankan in hospital in Donetsk said around 10 of his fellow Lankan recruits were not living now.
More injured Lankans are reportedly warded in hospitals in Moscow, Kurcow and St. Pittsburgh.
Many are trying to return home, but bound by a service contract, the Russian Army refuses to allow them go.
These Lankans are surprized that their country is without a responsible diplomatic officer in Moscow.
The post of ambassador remains vacant since Prof. Janitha Liyanage completed her tenure on 30 April.
A very junior officer is presently serving on an acting capacity.
Prior to completion of her tenure, Liyanage told a YouTube channel that she had sought a meeting with the Russian foreign ministry to discuss about these Sri Lankans.
It is unclear if any meeting took place after she left the job.
(By a special correspondent)
Apeksa Cancer Hospital in Maharagama will soon get a brand-new building complex for the benefit of small children who seek in-house treatment at the hospital.
A state minister has played havoc at the Katunayake airport, assaulting a porter, threatening security officers and taking their pictures.
The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday (15) issued a conditional order preventing a YouTube channel from publishing and communicating defamatory information against Army Commander Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, under the newly enacted Online Safety Act.
The Colombo District Court today (16) rejected the petition filed by Duminda Dissanayake seeking an interim injunction preventing Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from functioning as the Chairman and
State Minister for Defence Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon emphasized the stringent enforcement of the law against individuals involved in human trafficking.
A remembrance for all the dead in the 30-year war from both the north and the south will take place in Colombo tomorrow (17).
Parliamentarians cannot beg from the people to make a living, and they should be given duty-free vehicle permits if needed, or else they will steal, said SJB MP Harsha de Silva.
