KAMALIKA PIERIS The tourist industry protested  vehemently over  the VFS take over  at Katunayake. but the Ministry ignored the protests and allowed VFS to continue regardless. Then something happened  and the  issue went public .  On 3 May 2024,   television news  showed  an enraged Sri Lankan at the Katunayake International Airport complaining loudly over denial […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The contract for issuing on-arrival visas at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) was  taken over by    VFS Global   on April 17, 2024. This matter had previously been satisfactorily  handled by the officers of the Sri Lankan Immigration Department , without any complaints. After VFS Global  took over, those applying for e-visas had do […]

චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ සමාජයේ කවුරුත් එකයි. හැමෝගෙම ලේ රතු පාටයි. හැම දරුවෙක්ම (රාජ කුමාරයෙක් හෝ සිඟන දරුවෙක්) මේ ලොවට බිහිවෙන්නේ අහිංසකව හඬා, එතැන උස් පහත් භේදයක් නැත. විෂම සමාජයයි ඒ දරුවන්ව විෂම වැඩිහිටියන් බවට පත් කරන්නේ.  බොහෝ වේලාවට ගමේ පොලිස්කාරයා, ග්‍රාම සේවක, සමෘධි නිලධාරි දුප්පත් මිනිස්සුන්ට තමා ‘පාර්ට්’ පෙන්වන්නේ.  මේ අයගේ බලය නිසා පළාතේ පොලිසිය, දිසා […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS In 2012, the Department of Immigration and Emigration   had   asked  Mobitel   to establish and operate an online gateway for those wishing to apply for visas to Sri Lanka.  Mobitel   provided the  Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)  system  for  the Department . This was  tried out on a trial basis  on 1 October 2011 and […]

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Michelle Ellner Courtesy Venezuela Analysis Far from a symbol of peace, the article exposes Machado’s history of supporting coups, sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela. Maria Corina Machado is known for her incendiary speeches (AP) When I saw the headline Maria Corina Machado wins the Peace Prize, I almost laughed at the absurdity. […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 11 (Daily Mirror ) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath attended the inauguration of the Grand Serendib Colombo, Sri Lanka’s first AI-powered hotel project, held last night (10) at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo. The event also celebrated the 20th anniversary of ABEC, the company […]

Courtesy Adaderana India on Friday upgraded ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, giving a boost to the diplomatically isolated group, by announcing it would reopen its embassy in Kabul that was shut after the Taliban seized power in 2021. The Afghan Taliban administration will also send diplomats to New Delhi, its foreign minister said. India closed […]

Courtesy Hiru News The first cabinet reshuffle of the new government was carried out today, with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swearing in three new Cabinet Ministers and ten Deputy Ministers. The reshuffle increases the number of Cabinet Ministers to 23 and the number of Deputy Ministers to 33. One significant promotion to the Cabinet is […]