International Affairs

Bahrain has, effective yesterday, temporarily suspended the issuance of new work permits to Sri Lankans and nationals of other red-list-classified countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $ 40 million in additional financing for Sri Lanka to expand water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services in seven districts through the Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project (WASSIP).

India this week said it was ready for an economic partnership for 21st century with Sri Lanka to usher in sustained and rapid growth and shared prosperity.

G-7 leaders have wrapped up their summit in Carbis Bay, England, pledging more than one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer nations and calling out China on several issues.

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, - Day one of the G-7 summit has concluded, in Cornwall, England, where leaders of seven wealthy democracies aim to lead the global fight against the pandemic and to “build back better” toward a greener, more prosperous and equitable future.

NEW YORK - The U.N. General Assembly will vote Friday to give rotating seats on the powerful 15-nation Security Council to five countries.

Pakistan’s mango diplomacy found no takers in several countries, including Sri Lanka, which declined to accept the fruits citing coronavirus concerns.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජී එස් පී ප්ලස් බදු සහනය තාවකාලිකව ඉවත් කර ගැනීම සහ එහි ප්‍රතිලාභ සලකා බලන ලෙස යුරෝපා කොමිසමෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින යෝජනාවක් යුරෝපා සංගම් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සම්මත කර ගෙන තිබෙනවා. ඊට හේතුවී ඇත්තේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය මානව හිමිකම් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සම්මත කර ගැනීම සහ බලාත්මක කිරීම මෙන්ම ත්‍රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත අවලංගු නොකිරීම බවයි වාර්තා වන්නේ.

ඉන්දියාවේ පෞද්ගලික රෝහල් කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබා දීමේ දී අය කළ හැකි උපරිම මිල නියම කිරීමට රජය පියවර ගෙන තිබේ.

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND - Leaders of the G-7 are set to sign the Carbis Bay Declaration, described as a “historic statement setting out a series of concrete commitments to prevent any repeat of the human and economic devastation wreaked by coronavirus.”

ගිනිගැනීමට ලක්වූ එක්ස්ප්‍රස් පර්ල් නෞකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැක්වූ ප්‍රතිචාරයට සහයක් වශයෙන් අමෙරිකාව විසින් ඩොලර් 100,000ක ආධාරයක් ලබාදී තිබේ.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has assured Sri Lanka continued support at the United Nations (UN).

Steps have been taken to accelerate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded development projects in Sri Lanka.

A Sri Lankan has been appointed by US President Joe Biden to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.

X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl insisted that there were no confirmed reports of an oil spill from the ship as of last evening.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared open the China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Specialised Hospital in Polonnaruwa yesterday.

The EU Parliament adopted a resolution on Sri Lanka yesterday calling for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

The European Parliament gave final approval Wednesday to the COVID-19 digital certificate — a smart phone app that European Union citizens can use to travel freely among European countries without having to quarantine or undergo extra tests.