International Affairs

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World Health Organization, attends the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020.

India and Sri Lanka today identified key areas of future cooperation.

Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) organised an interactive video-conference session with the participation of Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sri Lanka (FCCISL) and Colombo Chamber of Commerce to discuss trade and investment opportunities between the two countries post COVID19. Officials from High Commission of India, Colombo and High Commission of Sri Lanka, New Delhi also participated in the discussion.

ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නව ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් ගෝපාල් බග්ලේ අද පෙරවරුවේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවුණා. ඒ, ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේදීයි. නව ක්ෂේත‍්‍ර විමර්ශනය කරමින් ද්විපාර්ශවික සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා වන දෙරටේ කැපවීම ජනාධිපතිවරයා, මෙරට ඉන්දීය නව මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා වෙත නැවත තහවුරු කළ බවයි ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය පැවසුවේ.

The newly accredited Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Republic Building 26th May.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for USD 1.1 billion as a special swap facility to help Sri Lanka deal with foreign exchange issues.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, gestures hello to an MEP prior to addressing the European Parliament plenary in Brussels, May 27, 2020.

The World Health Organization’s executive director has warned that the world remains in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak as countries continue to struggle to contain it and others rapidly reopen even as cases rise.

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. disarmament chief said the COVID-19 pandemic is moving the world toward increased technological innovation and online collaboration but warned that "cybercrime is also on the rise, with a 600 percent increase in malicious emails during the current crisis."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday on completing 50 years as a parliamentarian.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced it will reopen for usual embassy services on Thursday (28).

Sri Lankan and Indian Trade Bodies are now set to promote bilateral Trade and Investment in post COVID19, a Senior Indian diplomat said.

Former Opposition Leader and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday met with the Ambassador of Kuwait Khalaf M. M. Bu Dhhair to discuss the plight of Sri Lankan migrant workers in the country.

Seychelles Government has thanked Sri Lanka for accepting 35 of its nationals for urgent medical treatment in Colombo.

බි‍්‍රගේඩියර් පි‍්‍රයංක ප‍්‍රනාන්දු මේජර් ජනරාල් ධුරයකට උසස් කිරීම සහ රණවිරුවන්ට එරෙහිව කිසිඳු කි‍්‍රයාමාර්ගයක් ගැනීමට ඉඩ නොතබන බවට ජනපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා පසුගියදා රණවිරු සැමරුම අමතා කළ ප‍්‍රකාශයට එරෙහිව රාජ්‍ය නොවන සංවිධාන කණ්ඩායමක් එසැනින් ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයට පැමිණිලි කර ඇත.

NEW YORK - The U.N. secretary-general said Wednesday that the safety of civilians in conflict zones had been further threatened by the coronavirus.

Testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus has been halted because of safety fears, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

NEW YORK - The United Nations launched an initiative Thursday to counter the spread of online misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic.