International Affairs

A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, the South's defence ministry said, condemning the "brutal act".

The Riyadh Chamber of Commerce (RCC), under its International Trade Cooperation initiative, has extended their assistance towards Sri Lankan companies who are interested in having business linkages with Saudi companies.

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump called on the United Nations to “hold China accountable for their actions” in a speech to the world body’s General Assembly Tuesday.

The United States donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Sri Lanka as part of the United States’ on-going assistance to Sri Lanka in its response to COVID-19.

Face masks are no longer mandatory on public transport in most of New Zealand as Covid-19 cases continue to drop.

Australia and Sri Lanka had talks today on ways to expand the partnership between both countries.

ළමයින් උදෙසා සාධාරණත්වය හා යුක්තිය සහතික කිරීම සඳහා නීති වෙනස් කිරීමට මුල පිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ළමා අරමුදල (UNICEF) නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයට ප්‍රසාදය පළ කර තිබේ.

ඩාවුඩ් බෝරා ප්‍රජාවේ නායකයා ඇතුළු 54 දෙනකුගෙන් යුත් කණ්ඩායම ඉදිරි සතිය ඇතුළත ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණීමට සැලසුම් කර ඇතැයි වාර්තාවේ. බෝරා නායක සයිඩ්නා මුෆඩාල් සයිෆ්‍රඩීන් ඇතුළු ඔහුගේ පිරිස මීට පෙර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණීමට සැලසුම් කර තිබුණේ පසුගිය ජුනි මාසයේදීය.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka had talks on several matters today including on major regional and global issues.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි අතර වීඩියෝ තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ ද්විපාර්ශවික සමුළුවක් ලබන සෙනසුරාදා දිනයේ පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතව තිබේ.

The Sri Lankan Embassy in Qatar announced that it will be closed for a period of two weeks.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Moscow Meegahalande Durage Lamawansa said on Monday he planned getting inoculated with Russia's vaccine against COVID-19, dubbed Sputnik V, in the near future.

South Korean Ambassador Woonjin Jeong, said he was impressed by the effective measures implemented by Sri Lanka to deter the spread of COVID-19 and Sri Lanka is one of the safest countries to live in at present.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are to discuss a wide rand of issues during a Virtual Bilateral Summit on Saturday, 26 September 2020, the Foreign Ministry said today.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi will hold bilateral discussions on September 26 to further strengthen ties between the two governments, as well as discuss possible development projects between India and Sri Lanka, sources from the Prime Minister's office told Daily Mirror yesterday.

The importance of focusing on trade and economic relations between the two countries was highlighted as a key to enhance bilateral relations at the Webinar titled ‘50 Years of Viet Nam - Sri Lanka Relations: Achievements and Prospects’ organised to mark the historical milestone of 50 years of the establishment of Sri Lanka and Viet Nam formal diplomatic relations.

Leaked documents allege that some of the world’s largest banks have allowed $2 trillion worth of suspicious or fraudulent activity to take place, including money laundering for criminal gangs and terrorists.

NEW YORK CITY - The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary Monday amid a global pandemic and other serious challenges that the secretary-general said highlight the urgency for stronger international cooperation.