International Affairs

The European Union is deploying short-term and long term observers to Sri Lanka for the November 16 Presidential election.

Australia has reiterated to Sri Lanka the need to maintain the momentum to combat human smuggling.

කොටි සංවිධානයට සාමාජිකයන් බඳවා ගැනීමට සහ සංවිධානය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා අතිවිශාල ධනස්කන්ධයක් හුවමාරු වී ඇති බව පසුගිය අවස්ථා දෙකකදී මැලේසියානු ආරක්ෂක අංශ විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් කොටි සංවිධාන සාමාජිකයන්ගෙන් හෙළිකර ගෙන තිබේ.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka accompanied by Sanja Jayatilleka attended the joint discussion on the pressing topic of multilateral security models in the new power struggle. The meeting was co-organised by the Trialogue Club International and the Embassy of Switzerland to Russia and was held in the Residence of the Ambassador of Switzerland in Moscow.

Outgoing Ambassador to European Union (EU) to Sri Lanka Tung-Lai Margue paid a courtesy call on Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday at the Parliament.

ඒකීය රාජ්‍යය අහෝසි කිරීම, හිටපු කොටි 97 ක් නිදහස් කිරීම සහ ස්වයංපාලන ලබාදීම ඇතුළු ටීඑන්ඒ සංවිධානය ඉදිරිපත් කළ ඉල්ලීම් 13 ක් කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාව අනුමත කර ඇත.

Asserting that despite many domestic priorities Sri Lanka has discharged its obligations in paying its assessments to date, the Sri Lanka delegation to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has called on the United Nations Secretariat to utilize the available resources received from the Member States in a more effective, impartial and transparent manner, at a time when the Organization is battling its worst financial crisis leading to the implantation of austerity measures and limited operations.

Foreign Affairs State Minister Vasantha Senanayake paid an official visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from October 3 to 6 on the invitation of Venezuela Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Ruben Dario Molina to renew and promote cooperation between Sri Lanka and Venezuela.

Financial Assistance from the Netherlands for Construction of Rural Bridges and Establishment of National Vocational Training Institute at Hingurakgoda, Polonnaruwa

The Government has defended Brigadier Priyanka Fernando against who a fresh trial has commenced in the UK.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) yesterday in Washington DC separately called on countries, especially those developing, to aggressively pursue structural reforms to spur inclusive higher growth, which remains a challenge globally.

“Saemaul Undong Seminar 2019” organized by Saemaul Globalization Foundation was held recently at “MILODA” Academy of Financial Studies under the theme of “ Saemaul Development Goals for Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations “.

එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. සංවිධානය ත්‍රස්‌ත සංවිධාන අසාදු ලේඛනයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට යුරෝපා අධිකරණය පියවර ගෙන ඇති බව ‘රොයිටර්’ පුවත් සේවය පවසයි.

A combination of unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles have sent overweight and obesity rates soaring in Sri Lanka and around the world.

The International Monetary Fund yesterday downgraded global growth in 2019 to 3%, the lowest in a decade, although it sounded cautiously optimistic about a pickup in 2020.

Sri Lanka has been removed from the “Grey List” by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global policy setter on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT).

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) agreed to a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed between the BIMSTEC Secretariat and the Asian Development Bank at a meeting in Colombo on 10 and 11 October, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka meets with Lebanese Labour Minister Camille Abousleiman