This was 📸 yesterday. Hundreds were waiting hopelessly at BIA arrival immigration counters. 1st impression matters. We need to address this area really fast. Automation is a simple solution at least for passengers with a valid visa to enter 🇱🇰. We are a tourism driven economy and confident the authorities will address this fast enabling the tourist to come back for more. #srilanka
Reports coming in of a brand new youth party forming to enter politics, rejecting ALL the existing politicians presently.
The party will consist of professionals from all fields.
#SriLankaCrisis#SriLanka
Met with Ambassador Wu Jianghao,
Special Representative of the State Council, Former Ambassador to Sri Lanka and DG of the Asian Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China. Also present at the meeting was the Chinese Ambassador, H. E. Cheng Xueyuan.
It was truly an honor to have His Excellency The President Gotabaya Rajapaksa @GotabayaR onboard with us, during his successful tour of India - his first official overseas visit. #flysrilankan
As expected, ISIS has just released video of the attackers in #SriLanka giving bayah (oath of allegiance) to Baghdadi.
I'm going to do something I've never done before and post a short clip, because almost none of my Sri Lankan contacts have access to ISIS channels on Telegram.
This just breaks my heart - a country that feels sorry for its visitors rather than be selfish and just think of their own. This isn't Sri Lanka's problem - this sadly happens everywhere. We must stand together, I won't stop travelling to Sri Lanka, to New Zealand, to the US.. ✌️
Prime Minister @RW_UNP says that the Government had received information regarding a possible attack but proper precautions were not taken. #lka#SriLanka#EasterAttackSL
https://t.co/H1Uvj3scRk
UPDATE: Curfew declared across the country from 6pm today to 6 am tomorrow April 22nd and 23rd declared government holidays - Presidential Secretary.
#lka#SriLanka