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බංග්ලාදේශයේ ඔක්සිජන් බලාගාරයක පිපිරීමක් සිදුවීමෙන් එහි සේවකයන් හය දෙනකු ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත්වී ඇති බව වාර්තා වෙයි .
Indian Defence Forces offer about 1,500 training slots every year to Sri Lanka which are financed through a special programme with an annual allocation of USD 7 million.
අධිකරණ, බන්ධනාගාර කටයුතු හා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අමාත්‍ය ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ ආචාර්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ තායිලන්ත තානාපති පොජ් හාන්පෝල් මහතා (Poj Harnpol) අතර හමුවක් පසුගියදා අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ දී පැවැත්විණි.
Newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka His Excellency Levan S. Dzhagaryan paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry Headquarters Complex, today (Mar 01).
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India's identity, culture and aspirations are not complete without Karnataka's contributions.
Addressing the Delhi-Karnataka Sangha as part of 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat', the Prime Minister said that it is a wonderful coincidence that the 75 years of Delhi Karnataka Sangh are being celebrated at a time when the nation also is celebrating the 75 years of her independence.
"The celebration of 75 years of the Delhi-Karnataka Union is being organized at a time when our country is also celebrating Amrit Mahotsav, 75 years of independence. When we see and assess the circumstances of 75 years ago, we see the immortal soul of India in this effort," PM Modi said.
He said that Constitution of the Delhi Karnataka Sangh, 75 years ago, expresses the extent of desire of the people at that time to start a mission to unify India.
"'Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat' is inspired by the soil of Karnataka. The state anthem of Karnataka is in praise of India's civilization and Karnataka's contribution to it," he said.
PM said that in 2047, when India will complete 100 years of its independence as a developed nation, the Delhi Karnataka Sangha will also enter its 100 years.
PM Modi said India cannot be defined without Karnataka be it India's identity, India's traditions or India's inspirations.
"India's identity, culture and aspirations are not complete without Karnataka's contributions. Be it India's identity, India's traditions or India's inspirations, we cannot define India without Karnataka," he said.
PM Modi said that Karnataka has a rich heritage of classical and Janapada art adding that from Kansara, Bharatnatyam to Yakshagana, Karnataka's rich culture fills us with joy and pride.
"Kannada is a beautiful language with very rich literature. The speakers as well as readers of Kannada language are in great numbers. I am happy to learn that so many libraries, reading rooms and many other initiatives are being run by you; these should be further strengthened," he said.
At present, the world is celebrating the India-led International Year of Millets Karnataka is the main centre of Indian millets, PM said.
The Prime Minister emphasised on promoting Karnataka's art is rich in tradition and folk and said that "We need to present and promote these art forms and take them to the next level".
He further said that today, the development of Karnataka is the highest priority for the country and for the Government of Karnataka.
"Karnataka is the land of traditions and technology. It has deep historic cultural roots and also has developed modern artificial intelligence. Tradition and Technology are the temperaments of New India," said the PM.
The Prime Minister said that Karnataka is a land of tradition and technology.
He said 'Barisu Kannada Dim Dimava' cultural festival and other similar events displays the true soul of India.
PM Modi said that today when India takes the presidency of G20, we prove our identity as the mother of democracy.
-NDTV
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පාකිස්ථාන නාවික හමුදාපති අද්මිරාල් මුහම්මද් අම්ජාඩ් ඛාන් නියාසි මහතා ඊයේ (27) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හමුවිය.
INDIA: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stresses that committing to specific and credible financing assurances for Sri Lanka is “most urgent”.
පරිසර අමාත්‍ය නසීර් අහමඩ් මහතා හා විදේශ තානාපතිවරුන් අතර හමුවක් පසුගියදා ලෝක මුහුදු තෘණ දිනය හා සමගාමිව පරිසර අමාත්‍යාංශයේ දී පැවැත්විණ.
ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය, ඉරානය සහ තවත් රටවල් කිහිපයක මිනිසුන් රැගත් තුර්කියේ සිට යාත්‍රා කළ ලී රුවල් යාත්‍රාවක් ඉතලියේ දකුණු වෙරළට ආසන්නයේ දී අනතුරුට පත්ව ඇතැයි විදෙස් මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කරයි .
මෙම් නැව් අනතුරකින් ළමුන් 12දෙනෙකු ඇතුළුව 59දෙනෙකු පමණ මියගොස් ඇතැයි වාර්තා වෙයි යුරෝපයට සංක්‍රමණිකයන් රැගෙන පැමිණි මෙම ලී රුවල් යාත්‍රාවක් පෙරේදා (26) අලුයම දකුණු ඉතාලි වෙරළ ආසන්නයේ අනතුරට ලක්ව තිබු බවයි වාර්තා වන්නේ .
එම යාත්‍රාව, අනතුරින් පසුව සම්පූර්ණයෙන් කැඩී ගොස් ඇතැයි ද විදෙස් මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කළේය.
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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උපත ලැබූ මහාචාර්ය ඇන්ටනි ඇන්ජීට ජාත්‍යන්තර නීතිය පිළිබඳ අමෙරිකානු සමාජය විසින් පිරිනමනු ලබන ගෞරවණීය සම්මානයක් පිරිනමා තිබේ.
Sri Lanka is set to receive its first group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists after becoming one of the first 20 countries to resume the organization of outbound group tourists from China since COVID-19.
Their flight will depart from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on March 3, the China Daily reported.
"We are expecting Chinese tourists to come back soon, but their particular interest has been to countries closer to China," Anura Fernando, the consul general of Sri Lanka in Shanghai, said during an interview with China Daily about the country's eagerness to receive more tourists from China.
As soon as the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the decision to allow travel agencies to resume booking groups to travel to 20 countries and regions on Feb 6, the Sri Lanka consul general began to work closely with travel agencies and other partners to reopen direct flights between Shanghai and Colombo, its capital city.
With its tropical climate, as well as rich and diverse cultural heritage, Sri Lanka has been a popular destination for holidaymakers from around the world. In 2018, the country received a record number of 280,000 tourists from China.
"Since most Chinese haven't traveled out of the country for three years, they are looking at closer destinations," he says, adding "but I think Sri Lanka should be attractive to most Chinese tourists".
He notes that the rich heritage of Buddhist culture, tea plantations, gem stones, as well as its natural beauty and water activities, are all appealing for Chinese tourists. Now that the pandemic is over, and Sri Lanka has emerged from the economic crisis, Fernando hopes that "this year tourists' numbers will increase to about 1 million".
China is the biggest trading partner of Sri Lanka and the largest source of foreign investments. With the signing of a free trade agreement expected to be made this year, Fernando believes the trade volume will increase between the two countries.
One of the first countries involved in China's Belt and Road Initiative, Sri Lanka has witnessed major projects constructed by China, such as the Port City in Colombo that kicked off in 2014. The construction process was slowed down because of the pandemic, and now that the Chinese workers are returning, he says the construction has restarted, with a new international financial center expected to be completed in the coming two years when it will start functioning.
Sri Lanka has a large Chinese community so "Chinese tourists are very much at home", with Chinese restaurants and Chinese-speaking tour guides.
"We have a lot of cultural bonding," Fernando says. "As much as we need the foreign currency, we also need more friendship with the Chinese people".
From the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in 1973, to the Lotus Tower unveiled in 2019, China has helped construct monumental structures in Sri Lanka, which are evidence of the close ties between the two countries. This year marks the 20th anniversary of "sister cities" ties between Shanghai and Colombo, and the consul general hopes more cultural, tourism and business communication could enhance the friendship between Chinese and Sri Lankan people.
-Dailymirror
ග්‍රීසියේ සිදු වූ දරුණු දුම්රිය අනතුරෙන් පසුව ප්‍රවාහන අමාත්‍යවරයා සිය ධූරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස් වීමට කටයුතු කර ඇති බව විදෙස් මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කරයි.
කොරියාවේ පුහුණු වෘත්තිකයන් සඳහා පවතින රැකියා අවස්ථා ඉලක්ක කර ගනිමින් ලංකාවේ පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් ආරම්භ කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පසුගියදා කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා කොරියාවේ විශේෂ නියෝජිතයකු අතර සාකච්ඡාවක් පැවැත්විණි.
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