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Cabinet nod to sign MoU with Pakistan to issue commemorative postage stamps

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4 months ago

February 25, 2025

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An agreement has been made between the two parties to issue 02 postal stamps commemorating the 75 years old long term relationship between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Accordingly, approval has been granted at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on 21.10.2024 to sign a memorandum of understanding between the postal institutions of the two countries to act accordingly.

According to the agreement Sri Lanka Department of Posts and the Postal Agency of Pakistan have agreed to design stamps based on historical Buddhist religious places in both countries and exchange 5,000 stamps along with 2,000 first day covers between the two parties.

The Cabinet of Ministers decided to grant approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to obtain the policy approval of the current Cabinet of Ministers since the memorandum of understanding has not so far been signed and to sign the proposed memorandum at the end of this month.

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Nishantha Wickremesinghe remanded (Update)

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4 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickremesinghe has been remanded until July 01.

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(Previous News : June 27, 2025 4.41pm)

2 ex-heads of govt. institutions, arrested

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested two former Chairmen on corruption charges.

Former Chairman of the Fisheries Corporation – Upali Liyanage and former SriLankan Airlines Chairman – Nishantha Wickremesinghe have been arrested in this manner.

However, Liyanage, who was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga, was released on three sureties amounting to Rs. 5 million.

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Body of undergrad who went missing at Port City beach, found (Update)

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7 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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The body of the undergraduate who had gone missing at the Port City beach, has been found.

The body was found during a search by divers.

(Previous News on 27th June 2025 at 10.06 am)

Undergrad goes missing at Port City beach while snorkeling

A 24-year-old university student from Asgiriya, Gampaha, has gone missing yesterday morning (June 26) while swimming in the sea off the Colombo Port City beach.

According to the police, the student, a resident of Gampaha, was part of a group of students from the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa who had visited the artificial beach and engaged in snorkelling.

The student failed to resurface, prompting a complaint to the Colombo Port Police.

Lifeguards later recovered the snorkeling gear believed to be belonging to the missing student.

A joint search operation involving Navy divers from the Colombo Port and Rangala Navy Division is currently underway. Further investigations are underway by the Colombo Port Police.