International Affairs

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and First Lady Fazna Ahmed are in Sri Lanka on a four-day unofficial visit.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed is due to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow to carry out an official visit.

බෝම්බයක් ඇති බවට ලද තොරතුරක් මත ඉන්දියාවේ දිල්ලි නුවර පිහිටි ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන් තොටුපොලේ කටයුතු පැයකට අධික කාලයකට නතර කිරීමට සිදුව තිබෙනවා.

Pakistan High Commissioner Maj. Gen. (R) Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat has called on Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to apprise him about the grave situation in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (Pvt) Company has failed to develop foreign relationships with the view of promoting foreign employment, recent government audit query claimed.

උතුම් බෞද්ධ දර්ශනය සුරක්ෂිත කිරීමේ සහ එය ලොව පුරා ව්‍යාප්ත කිරීමේ වැදගත්කම සැබෑ බෞද්ධ නායකයකු ලෙස ජනපති මෛත්‍රී හඳුනාගෙන තිබෙනවා

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ කාම්බෝජය අතර මිත්‍රත්වයේ සංකේතයක් ලෙස කාම්බෝජයේ ඕක් දොං කඳුකරයේ පිහිටි භාවනා මධ්‍යස්ථානයට (Meditation center of ouk Dong mountain) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික වෘක්ෂය වන නා පැළ ප්‍රදානයක් සිදු කිරීම ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා අතින් පෙරේදා (10) පෙරවරුවේ සිදු විය.

Brussels: The European Commission, through its Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace, has allocated € 8.5 million (over Rs. 1.65 billion) to support Sri Lanka’s efforts to prevent violent extremism, build community resilience, and promote peace and tolerance.

Sri Lanka and India are to enter into a Private Public Partnership (PPP) to further develop the Sooriyawewa Cricket Stadium where the construction work has caused the sate heavily. , informed government sources said.

The Ambassador-Designate to the Kingdom of Thailand Samantha K. Jayasuriya assumed duties at the Sri Lankan Embassy on 8 August. Addressing the staff members, Jayasuriya shared her vision and plans for the Embassy, aiming at furthering the ongoing cordial bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Thailand. She further highlighted the need to build upon the long-standing and rich cultural and religious ties, as well as strengthening trade, investment and tourism, and partnering in technical co-operation in areas of mutual interest for the betterment of both countries and peoples.

In a major breakthrough, the Korean Chaebol Lotte Group has transferred ‘www.ceylontea.com’ domain name to the Sri Lanka Tea Board with immediate effect.

ජාතික තව්හිද් ජමාත් සංවිධානයට සම්බන්ධ බව කියන ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් දෙදෙනකු මැනිලා ගුවන්තොටුපළින් පිලිපීනයට ඇතුළුවීමේ සිද්ධියක් ගැන පරීක්‍ෂණ කරන බව හමුදා ප‍්‍රකාශක බි‍්‍රගේඩියර් එඞ්හාද් අරිවාලෝ ප‍්‍රකාශ කර ඇත.

A special delegation of the European Union called on Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan at the Governor’s Secretariat on Friday. The panel of experts visited Sri Lanka to explore why the Sri Lankan Government invites the EU monitors if there is a future election in Sri Lanka. Riccardo Chelleri, Hans Weber, Dimitra Loannou, Pawel Jurczak and Lan Miller represented the delegation.

ගෝලීය මෝටර් රථ ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ දැවැන්තයකු වන ෆෝර්ඩ් මෝටර් සමාගම, පසුගිය දා Ford Ranger Raptor මාදිලියේ 2018/ 2019 සංස්කරණය මෙරටට හඳුන්වා දුන්නේය. සොෆ්ට්ලොජික් හෝල්ඩින්ග්ස් සමාගමේ අනුබද්ධිත සමාගමක් වන Future Automobiles සමාගම ෆෝර්ඩ් මෝටර් සමාගම මෙරට නියෝජනය කරයි.

European Union Delegation Comprising Riccardo Chelleri and Anne Vaugier Chatterjee and meeting Leader of the TNA R Sampanthan on 12 Aug/ EU handout

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, who is in Sri Lanka while on a visit to the region, will meet Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana today, the Government Information Department said.

Russia and Sri Lanka had talks today on pressing issues in the global arena.

An S-14 train power-set has been imported from China at a cost of Rs 1.8 billion today (Aug 13), the Transport Ministry said in a press release.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC), US $480 million grant to Sri Lanka, is an opportunity that would help radically transform the public transport system in the country, said Nishan de Mel, Executive Director - Verite Research. As per the MCC Sri Lanka Compact, out of a US$ 480 million grant, US$ 350 million would be used to develop transport logistics infrastructure.