International Affairs

Samantha Power, nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, brings human rights and development experience to the role if confirmed.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies chief warned Wednesday the second year of the coronavirus pandemic may be tougher than the first, at least in the first few months.

China had lent US$ 679.4mn in Jan.-Aug. period out of total bilateral foreign loans of US$ 914.4mn

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ද ඇතුලත්ව ආසියානු කලාපයේ රටවල් 11කට ජපානයට ඇතුළුවීම අද (14) සිට තහනම් කර ඇත. කොවිඩ් අවදානම් ව්‍යාප්තිය හමුවේ එරට දේශසීමා ප්‍රතිපතති වල ඇති වූ වෙනසක් මත එම තහනම පනවා තිබේ.

The European Union (EU) has stepped into support Sri Lanka’s justice sector, help improve food safety, and strengthen efforts to mitigate climate change.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Jordan with the active facilitation of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board held a virtual Meeting on 6 January 2021, to showcase Sri Lanka’s highly specialized boat manufacturing capabilities to a Jordanian Boat importing company in Aqaba port city which currently sources and imports boats for the Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabian markets..

The newly appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka, Tareq Md Ariful Islam has presented his credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in a formal ceremony.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China Dr. Palitha T. B. Kohona has referred to a letter written by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, seeking access to Chinese vaccines when Dr Kohona met with Director-General of the Department of Protocol Hong Lei at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China today.

එළැඹෙන මාර්තු මාසයේ පැවැත්වෙන එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් සැසිවාරය සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එරෙහි​ පොදු වාර්තාවක් සකස් කිරීමට දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය ප්‍රමුඛ උතුරේ පක්ෂ අටක් ඒකමතිකව තීරණය කර ඇත.

Sri Lanka and Viet Nam have immense potential for cooperation in the agriculture and fisheries sectors, the Ambassador of Viet Nam in Colombo Pham ThiBich Ngoc endorsed during a farewell call on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 12 January.

Late-stage trials in Brazil show the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinovac to be 50.38% effective, nearly 30 percentage points below the initial results released last week.

සීෂෙල්ස් හි වැසියන් සඳහා වෛද්‍ය සංචාරක කටයුතු නැවත ආරම්භ කරන බවට විදේශ අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සීෂෙල්ස් හි ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස් කොන්‍රාඩ් වින්සන්ට් මෙඩෙරික් මහතාට සහතික විය

A declassified document mentions Sri Lanka in the US strategy for the Indo-pacific region.

For Europe’s leaders Biden’s return to the White House, which he left four years ago as Barack Obama’s vice president, along with familiar faces in key foreign and security jobs, is reassuring.

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington DC which remained closed from 4-10 January 2021, due to five staff members including the Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha contracting COVID 19, will resume normal functions on Monday (11), the embassy announced.

ISLAMABAD - In an unprecedented move, the head of the Afghan Taliban has restricted officials in the insurgent group from marrying more than once. Three Taliban officials who spoke to VOA on condition of anonymity said the move is aimed at easing financial burdens on the group, as officials have frequently sought money from the militant organization for multiple marriages.

කොවිඩ් වයිරසයට එරෙහි එන්නතක් චීනය මගින් මෙරටට ලබා ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය සම්බන්ධ සාකච්ඡා ආරම්භ වී තිබේ. මේ සඳහා වූ විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් චීනයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති ආචාර්ය පාලිත කොහොන සහ චීනයේ වාණිජ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ සාමාජිකයන් අතර පවත්වා ඇත.

Pope Francis says the decision to get the COVID vaccine is a matter of ethics.