International Affairs

දකුණ සුඩානයේ සාම සාධක හමුදා රාජකාරිවල නිරත පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් 11දෙනෙකුගේ සේවා කාලය දීර්ඝ කරන ලෙස දකුණු සුඩානයේ සාම සාධක කාර්යාලයෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කර තිබෙනවා.

Recently re-elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka on June 9th, Sunday, after making the first foreign visit of his second term to The Maldives during June 8-9, according to government sources.

Communal violence targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka has regional and global security implications. The developing situation over the past few days has been extremely worrying with regards to the safety and protection of the Sri Lankan Muslim community, including some foreign Muslim refugees. The lives and livelihoods of Muslims, including their local stores and large business establishments, are threatened by the prevailing conditions with unforeseen, dangerous consequences.

The UK said its Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) no longer advised British travellers and tourists against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka.

Foreign Financing Commitments in 2018 reached to US$ 4.7 billion to finance the public investments detailed in the Public Investment Program (PIP), achieve Medium Term Fiscal Framework of the Government and the envisaged public debt management targets, Finance Ministry announced.

Sri Lanka’s transport sector improvement project will increase the relative efficiency and capacity of the road network and bus system in the Colombo Metropolitan Region and to reduce the cost of transport in order to facilitate the flow of passengers and goods between the central region of the country and ports and markets.

The Sri Lankan-German SME Development Programme aims to support a cohesive policy framework enabling SMEs to grow in an eco-friendly manner through a wide range of technical assistance, innovation and improved access to finance, German Embassy sources confirmed.

නෝර්වේජියානුවන් විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදුලි සංදේශ ක්‍ෂේත්‍රයේ බරපතළ අත්පත්කර ගැනීමක් සඳහා සූක්ෂ්ම සැලසුමක් දියත්කොට ඇති බව විමල් වීරවංශ පමතා පවසයි. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමු කරමින් ඔහු මේ බව අනාවරණය කර තබේ.

Australian Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton is due to arrive in the country for a 2 day official tour.

The US Acting Secretary of Defence Patrick M.Shanahan is urging all countries to be pragmatic as a number of global challenges including international terrorism persist.

Canada will be hosting the Women Deliver 2019 – the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights and well-being of girls and women – in Vancouver, British Columbia, from June 3 to 6, 2019.

Transparency International ආයතනයේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂක වරයෙකුව සිටි නීතිඥ J. C. වැලිඅමුණ මහතා ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ නව කොමසාරිස් වරයා ලෙස පත්කිරීමට නම් කර යවා ඇතැයි වාර්තා වේ.

Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said yesterday that Sri Lanka had not made a formal request for surveillance equipment from his country .

Communal violence targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka has regional and global security implications, envoys of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries in Sri Lanka have cautioned, urging the government to take “every measure necessary” to prevent such incidents.

New Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has said that he will support efforts to strengthen ties with Sri Lanka.

The World Bank has warned of a negative impact on Sri Lanka from the rise in political uncertainty.

Australia has now revamped its border protection procedures and there is ‘zero chance’ of any illegal migrants gaining entry in the country, visiting Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena has defended Sri Lanka’s relationship with China.