International Affairs

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Moscow Meegahalande Durage Lamawansa said on Monday he planned getting inoculated with Russia's vaccine against COVID-19, dubbed Sputnik V, in the near future.

ISLAMABAD - Delegates of Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban continue finalizing “rules of negotiations” for a power-sharing deal a week after the two foes launched their historic U.S.-brokered direct peace dialogue.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය දහනය කරන ඩීසල් බලාගාර වෙනුවට සමස්ත ජාතික විදුලි ජනනයෙන් 70 % ක ප්‍රමාණයක් හරිත හා පුනර්ජනනීය ප්‍රභවයන්ගෙන් ඉපදවිම සඳහා වන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිතුමන්ගේ “ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ” වෙනුවෙන් විදුලිබල අමාත්‍ය ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම මහතාගේ නායකත්වයෙන් විදුලිබල අමාත්‍යාංශය දියත් කිරිමට සැලසුම් කරන ජාතික විදුලිබල සැලැස්මට අවශ්‍ය සෑම සහයෝගයක්ම ලබාදිමට සුදානම් බව ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ ශ්‍රි ලංකා තානාපතිනිය ඇලෙයිනා බී. ටෙප්ලිට්ස් අවධාරණය කරයි.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi will hold bilateral discussions on September 26 to further strengthen ties between the two governments, as well as discuss possible development projects between India and Sri Lanka, sources from the Prime Minister's office told Daily Mirror yesterday.

චීනය විසින් හිමිකාරීත්වය දරණ ටික් ටොක් සහ වී චැට් යන සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඇප් තහනම් කිරීමට අමෙරිකාව සූදානම් වනවා.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday to convey his best wishes to Prime Minister Modi on his 70th birthday.

NEW YORK CITY - The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary Monday amid a global pandemic and other serious challenges that the secretary-general said highlight the urgency for stronger international cooperation.

2020 අයි පී එල් ක‍්‍රිකට් තරගාවලිය එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේදී අද ආරම්භ වනවා.

The World Health Organization warned Thursday that the coronavirus has started to spread again across Europe at “alarming rates” and should serve as a “wake-up” call to European governments.

The Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt in Colombo Hussein El Saharty paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena last week for a cordial discussion on matters of mutual interest.

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday appointed a political newcomer to become prime minister, nearly two months after the country’s parliament voted out former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire.

A Chinese firm with suspected ties to the Chinese government has been amassing a database of detailed personal information on 2.4 million people, including more than 50,000 Americans, according to findings by an independent researcher and an Australia-based cybersecurity firm.

Statement by Sri Lanka during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non- recurrence at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council was made by Ms Dayani Mendis, Actg. Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva on 17 September 2020

European countries announced new coronavirus restrictions Friday, one day after the World Health Organization warned infections have started to spread again across the continent at “alarming rates.”

ජපානයේ නව අග්‍රාමාතය ලෙස තේරී පත්වූ යොෂිහිඩේ සුගා මහතා වෙත අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සුබ පැතුම් පණිවිඩයක් යොමුකර තිබේ.

NEW YORK - World leaders will meet virtually at the United Nations starting Monday, as they discuss international cooperation to halt the spread of COVID-19.

Confirmed cases of the virus have surpassed 30 million and reached nearly 1 million deaths globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the coronavirus has exposed the world's growing inequalities and threatens decades of development gains. He has cautioned that a vaccine will not by itself solve the crisis.

"We need to massively expand new and existing tools that can respond to new cases and provide vital treatment to suppress transmission and save lives, especially over the next 12 months," Guterres told reporters Wednesday.

There will be more than 80 virtual meetings covering all aspects of COVID-19, including a high-level session on September 30. It will be co-hosted by the U.N. secretary-general, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with Britain and South Africa, and will focus on coordinating the global pandemic response, including making a future vaccine affordable and accessible to all.

The U.N. has been at the forefront of the effort to mitigate global warming, and the U.N. chief has said that a green recovery from COVID is critical for the planet.

"The world is burning," Guterres said. "Recovery is our chance to get on track and tame the flames."

Climate action will be in the spotlight at several events, including a high-level roundtable on September 24 and a biodiversity summit the following week.

The Government says no decision has been taken to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මොහොමඩ් අලි සබ්රි මහතා සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පලස්තීන තානාපති DR. Zuhair M.H.Zaid, මහතා අතර හමුවක් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශයේදී (16) පෙරවරුවේ පැවැත්විණි.