International Affairs

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday placed more pressure on states to reopen for business despite continuing concerns about the coronavirus.

The European Union (EU) has decided to provide a grant of 3.5 million euros (Rs. 728 million) to boost Sri Lanka’s tourism industry hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and calls on Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to provide relevant proposals soon.

එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. සංවිධානය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කෙරෙන අයුරින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පිළිබඳව වැරදි ප්‍රතිරූපයක් නිර්මාණය කෙරෙන තොරතුරු වාර්තා කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව එක්සත් රාජධානියේ ‘ද ගාර්ඩියන්’ වෙබ් අඩවියට දැඩි විරෝධය පළකර ඇත. එම විරෝධය හමුවේ ‘ද ගාර්ඩියන්’ වෙබ් අඩවිය අදාළ වාර්තාව ඉවත් කර ගැනීමට කටයුතු කර තිබේ.

Continuing the ongoing efforts for repatriation of Indian nationals stranded in Sri Lanka ,an Indian Naval Ship INS Jalashwa will make a voyage to Tuticorin from Colombo Port on 01st June 2020.

The G-20 debt suspension initiative is unlikely to ease the significant credit challenges that the coronavirus pandemic has amplified in some frontier market sovereigns, particularly in Africa and South Asia including Sri Lanka, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report this week.

challenges faced as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

එක්සත් අරාබි එමිර් රාජ්‍යයේ පිහිටා තිබෙන අබුඩාබි තානාපති කාර්යාලය වසා දමා ඇත්තේ එහි සේවකයින් 05 දෙනෙකුට කොරෝනා වෛරසය ආසාදනය වීමෙන් බව විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යංශය සඳහන් කර සිටිනවා.

The Indian High Commission in Colombo yesterday said that a special Air India flight has been scheduled on 29 May to repatriate the stranded Indian nationals in Sri Lanka.

Geneva: Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday.

The United States noted the importance of ensuring accountability in Sri Lanka saying it will foster long term stability and prosperity.

The Covid-19 vaccine development and deployment in China, when available, will be made a global public good, Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday (18) at the opening of the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly.

කොරෝනා වෛරසය පැතිරයාම පාලනය කිරීමට ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාව ගෙන යන වැඩපිළිවෙලට සහය ලබා දීම සඳහා චීන මහජන සමූහාණ්ඩුව විසින් ලබාදුන් සිව්වන ආධාර තොගය රැගත් ගුවන් යානය ඊයේ රාති‍්‍රයේ කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපළ වෙත ළඟා වුණා.

The United States noted the importance of ensuring accountability in Sri Lanka saying it will foster long term stability and prosperity.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issuing a statement on the anniversary of the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, has called for Sri Lanka to pursue a meaningful accountability process

The United Nations, EU and Germany have kicked off a joint counter-terrorism initiative in Sri Lanka.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily closed until further notice.

GENEVA - World leaders attending the first-ever virtual World Health Assembly have called on nations to unite to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the first cases of the deadly disease were declared in China in December, the WHO has reported more than 4.7 million infections around the world, including more than 315,000 deaths.

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump is saying he is confident there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year, and mass inoculations of the public will occur quickly.