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China ready to carry forward traditional friendship with Sri Lanka: spokesman

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China stands ready to carry forward the traditional friendship with Sri Lanka through the upcoming visit of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday (Jan. 10).

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Dissanayake will pay a state visit to China from Jan 14 to 17, the foreign ministry announced earlier on Friday.

“This will be President Dissanayake’s first visit to China since he took office. It’s of great significance to the development of China-Sri Lanka relations. During the visit, President Xi Jinping will hold talks with President Dissanayake, and Premier Li Qiang and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhao Leji will meet with him respectively. China and Sri Lanka are traditional friendly neighbors. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka in 1957, our relations have stood the test of the changing international landscape and maintained sound and steady development, setting a fine example of friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation for countries of different sizes,” Guo said.

“Taking President Dissanayake’s visit to China as an opportunity, we stand ready to work with the Sri Lankan side to carry forward traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, expand high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and practical cooperation in various fields, seek new progress in our strategic cooperative partnership featuring sincerity, mutual support and ever-lasting friendship, deliver more benefits to the people of the two countries,” Guo said.

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Kahawatta murder : 2 suspects remanded

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Two individuals arrested yesterday (July 16) over the abduction and murder of a youth in Kahawatta have been remanded until July 28.

They were remanded after being produced before the Pelmadulla Magistrate’s Court.

Four suspects were arrested in this regard yesterday and the Homagama Magistrate had granted permission to police to detain two suspects for 07 days for questioning while remanding the remaining 02 suspects until they were produced before the Pelmadulla courts today.

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Newborn found abandoned in paddy field in Paragahadeniya

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A newborn has been found abandoned in a paddy field in Paragahadeniya, Mawathagama earlier today (July 17), police stated.

A local resident passing through the paddy field had noticed the newborn lying under a tree in the field and subsequently informed the Mawathagama Police.

The baby was subsequently admitted to the Mawathagama Divisional Hospital.

A doctor who examined the infant had stated that the baby appeared to be one or two days old and following initial examinations, the baby was transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital.

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SC annuls injunction over compulsory retirement age of nurses

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The Supreme Court today invalidated the interim injunction previously issued by the Court of Appeal preventing the enforcement of the former government’s decision to compulsorily retire nurses in four grades at the age of 60.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court also issued another order to the Court of Appeal to re-examine the petition filed before the court regarding this matter. 

The Supreme Court issued this order when an appeal filed by the Attorney General, seeking to declare the relevant interim injunction issued by the Appellate Court as unlawful and invalid, was taken up for hearing today.

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Yasantha Kodagoda, Janak de Silva and A. H.M.D. Nawaz issued the order.

During the previous government, the Cabinet of Ministers had taken a decision to make government employees compulsorily retire at the age of 60 years.

The Court of Appeal, which heard writ petitions filed by the Public Service United Nurses’ Association and its President, Venerable Murutthettuwe Ananda Thero, had issued this interim injunction, preventing the implementation of the relevant decision.

The Attorney General had later filed an appeal petition in the Supreme Court, stating that the manner in which this interim injunction was issued is contrary to the law and that the Court of Appeal does not have the power to issue such an order.

After hearing the petition, the three-judge Supreme Court bench issued this order nullifying the interim injunction.

(adaderana.lk)

(This story, originally published by adaderana.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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