Consulate General of Sri Lanka, Toronto

Media Release by SLTPB: Update on Current Situation in Sri Lanka

Please find attached hereto a press release issued by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau with regard to the current situation in Sri Lanka with the Kandy District having returned to normalcy.

PM Holds Discussion at Temple Trees on Kandy Violence

A preliminary discussion was convened by the Prime Minister to focus on the legal measures taken against the offenders of the Kandy riots. The discussion was held yesterday at Temple Trees with the participation of ministers, high ranking officials and representatives of the Muslim community. They discussed the prevention of communal riots in the future as well.

President requested all leaders to love the motherland

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President Maithripala Sirisena says some are working according to their personal agendas to gain political power and they are not interested in strengthening the peace and reconciliation or in solving the issues of the country.

Emergency lifted

The state of emergency declared on March 06, 2018 according to the instructions given by President Maithripala Sirisena has been lifted. President Sirisena after returning to the country following a successful state visit to Japan signed the Gazette notification to lift the state of emergency with immediate effect from midnight yesterday.

Restriction to access Social Media removed on the instructions of President

President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka to remove the temporary restriction to access the social media site Facebook with immediate effect.