International Affairs

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih were the first heads of State to congratulate Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday.

පිලිපීනයේ මිලියන ගණනක් ජනතාව නැවතත් ලොක්ඩවුන් නීති රීතිවලට යටත් කරනු ලැබ තිබේ.

Nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway, July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, New York.

The United States is sending to Lebanon three C-17 aircraft shipments of relief aid following the massive explosion at Beirut’s port that killed at least 137 people, with the first plane filled with food, water and medical supplies arriving Thursday.

A global treaty sponsored by the U.N. International Labor Organization (ILO) calling for greater protection for children against sexual exploitation, forced labor and armed conflict was signed Tuesday by all member nations in the international forum.

නව්‍ය කොරෝනා වෛරසය පාලනය කිරීම සඳහා ලබන ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේදී නව එන්නතක් හදුන්වාදී, දැවැන්ත එන්නත්කරණ ව්‍යාපාරයක් කි‍්‍රයාත්මක කිරීමට රුසියාව සූදානම් වනවා.

More than two million Indians have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to official figures.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun is calling on the Cabinet to declare a two-week state of emergency in Beirut after a massive explosion early Tuesday destroyed much of the city’s port, killing at least 70 and injuring more than 3,500.

Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said historical relationship between China and Sri Lanka had been growing on the mutual trust built on pillars of political, economic, cultural, educational and most importantly in defence over the years.

යුරෝපා සංගමය විසින් කොටි සංවිධානය තහනම් කර ඇත.

There may never be a “silver bullet” for stopping the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said Monday.

At least 86 people have died in recent days as a result of drinking illegally-made alcohol, officials in the northern Indian state of Punjab say.

ලෙබනනයේ සිදුවූ ප්‍රබල පිපිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පිපිරීම සිදුවූ බේරූට් වරායේ ප්‍රධාන නිලධාරීන් රැසක් නිවාස අඩස්සියට පත් කර තිබෙනවා. ඒ, අදාළ පිපිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආරම්භ කර ඇති විමර්ශන අවසන් වන තෙක්.

WHITE HOUSE - The Chinese-owned social media app TikTok “is going to be out of business in the United States” on Sept. 15, unless Microsoft or another U.S. company concludes a purchase deal that satisfies the U.S. government, President Donald Trump said on Monday.  

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa on Saturday surpassed 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing more than 50% of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa's 54 countries.

බෙලනනයේ බේරූට් අගනුවර වරාය පරිශ‍්‍රයේ සිදුවූ දැවැන්ත පිපිරීමෙන් එරට පිහිටි ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති කාර්යාලයට ද හානි සිදුව තිබෙනවා.

ලෝක වෙළෙඳපොළේ බොරතෙල් මිල ඊයේ(03) දිනයට සාපේක්ෂව තරමක් පහළ ගොස් තිබේ.

India and Sri Lanka have resolved to address security concerns to ensure peace and security in the region.